Like this, but for EVERYONE AND EVERYTHING

[wolven7]

“What we need to let ourselves do is acknowledge that sex is a big deal for some people, and really not a big deal for others. We need to get better at saying “Eh, that’s not really my thing, but if you like it, rock on with your cock on” and meaning it. Otherwise, we will only continue to be opaque to each other. We will miss the enormous pain in someone who would really like to get some, but isn’t. We will miss the pain in someone who doesn’t want to have sex but feels obligated to. We will miss all the people who can’t reconcile the contradiction between their utterly filthy fantasies and the social role they find themselves in. Understanding can only arise from acknowledging our mutual incomprehension.”
— Libidos, Assumptions, and Miscommunication | No, Seriously, What About Teh Menz?

Comments

[opalblack.livejournal.com]

Promptly googled Robert Jensen; interested in your thoughts on http://youtu.be/ErAj2Ik9e9M

[wolven.livejournal.com]

Only about halfway through, so far, but briefly? He's someone with whom I agree on a number of important points, and with whom I disagree on a number of others.

His ideas of privilege and supremacy are cogent and coherent, but I don't think they're completely compelling. And I completely disagree about pornography.

So... Yeah.

What about you?

[opalblack.livejournal.com]

Very much the same. He says some things to cheer for, some to have a conversation about, some to salt before eating, and a few to toss in the compost heap. I'll go over it again sometime, take notes, and devise a response. Certainly his positions on pornography

Somehow I ended up at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y2mjvFNOwmc which I liked a lot, and found far more compelling, in part because the speaker knows how to speak, I admit. Nothing new (like he says), but top marks for delivery.