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Report as: spam offensive tsk tsk on 1/28/08 at 1am

Sexual liberation is one thing, but epidemiological irresponsibility is another.

Report as: spam offensive Marvin L Foushee on 1/28/08 at 11am

Your male-female sexual bonding theories as a point in differential psychology went out the window when the batteries in Laura's vibrator went dead.

A neurotic obsession with sex is not healthy.

"Fucking off in the corportate bathroom with a vibrator" does not look good on your resume when the corporate report is due for power-point presentation and you are missing (for some unexplained reason)from the boardroom as the presenter of the report.

Report as: spam offensive Unconvinced on 1/28/08 at 1pm

When did sexual empowerment / liberation become not only having lots and lots of sex, but having sex on your mind 24/7 to the detriment of other things going on in your life? What ever happened to moderation -- the idea that sex can have a healthy place in your life, but not be your entire life? It's one thing to be comfortable with the idea of talking about sex, but it's another to be so fixated on it that having your vibrator run out of batteries is practically a life crisis. If anything, that anecdote sounded similar to being in withdrawal from an addiction -- akin to a smoker badly craving another cigarette to get himself or herself by. If the author was trying to promote the idea of having a healthy disposition toward sex, she didn't exactly pick the best subject to make her point.

Report as: spam offensive Ew on 1/29/08 at 2pm

Ew.

Report as: spam offensive insegura? on 1/30/08 at 9pm

I feel that sexual liberation does not necessarily mean talking about sex constantly, but being comfortable enough with your sexuality - identity, orientation, degree of, etc - that it isn't an issue that needs to be forced into all conversations. It shouldn't be a point of pride that nearly every conversation is related to sex. Rather, to be able to live your life and feel great about your sex and sex life and articulate about sexual matters when the conversation naturally leads in that direction, is more of a goal.
I feel those who are truly sexually liberated aren't those who tell you how sexually liberated they are. It really is a matter of insecurity for someone to constantly talk about it or unnecessarily push their sexuality into their public life (unless they are into public/outdoor sex, then that's a different story). Kind of like that freshman you know who keeps telling you how big of a jock he was in HS, then finding out he was actually the waterboy. Or that guy who has a big truck . . .
Just sayin'




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