June 7th, 2011 -- by Dr. Faustus
Against Prudery
Just as Sister Y hits the right note, Amanda Marcotte, a heavy hitter in blogging’s big leagues, decides to weigh in on the side of the angels. Favorite excerpt:
I was more in in the camp of arguing, “Kids should be taught to honor their sexualities, to demand the right to feel pleasure (with the enthusiastic consent caveat!), and to value sexual diversity, because sex is a good thing. It’s part of being human. Pleasure is how we know we’re alive.” A more radical, pro-liberty, pro-pleasure approach is the only way to win this argument.
But by all means, read the whole thing.
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I like John Waters’ word “neuter” as a slur.
(From A Dirty Shame: “Mother, you know sex addiction is a privilege!”)
It is interesting to note that much of the “technology” in the world was motivated by mankind’s need to explore his sexual/sensual nature.
It wasn’t long after French inventor Nicéphore Niépce came-up with the idea, that other Frenchmen started photographing women in various stages of undress in their photography studios.
When motion pictures came along, again it was just a very short matter of time before nudity was used in those early films.
And what is driving internet technology? Need I say more?