Easily offended people on sex

[JediMB]

Last time I checked, a lot of the teenage girls here (in Sweden) look roughly the same because they dress the same, bleach their hair, wear the same kind of make-up, and probably are on more or less the same diet...

A look that completely turns me off, by the way.

Well, exactly. They're not really rolled off a production line, but they're as close as can be.

And I agree - I have a friend in Sweden, and she hates those girls.
I've seen the pictures.
They were worse than anything 4chan has ever unleashed onto the internet, that's for sure.

I was, fortunately, lucky enough to miss that generation by a few years. The girls in my classes in school were pretty diverse in looks, whereas my younger brother (by four years) stepped into the "Attack of the Clones" at some point around fifth grade.

 

[JediMB]

Don't girls with fake tans, bleach-blonde hair, fake tits, and no personality just make you feel all tingly inside?
Kind of like how you feel before vomiting?

Naw, they tend to just raise an eyebrow, and then I stop paying attention to them.

As disgusting as it may be in concept, I'm not easily physically disgusted.

 

[StarStruckStrumpets]

Meh. I don't see any problem with making jokes about it.

This. As long as it's not a sick joke, when I say sick, I mean beyond the scale of internet's definition of sick.

 

[muse-13-bliss]

being open about sex is fine
learning about the opposite sex i fine with me
but sexual intercourse at a young age is no
sex discussions can be young, but the actual act of sexual intercourse should be kept in marriage.

 

[Fantastico]

I don't know if I have the same view on this as other people do (in fact, I'm damn sure there's some people that are gonna disagree) but one thing that gets on my nerves is people who are very scrupulous and offended when jokes are made about sex or something. This might be more of a problem for me because I'm in high school and there are some people still maturing, but I think there's still people like this. At my school, I hang out with a group of people that is okay with joking around or talking about sex and matters relating to it, but there are some people who just abhor talking about it. I don't understand why sex is such a (for lack of a better word atm) taboo thing. People should be open about it. Parents hide it from their children and some are sheltered. It is natural and healthy.

I read a book called Brave New World (which I guess I can fit into this thread) which is an incredible read. The book is about a dystopia in which people are genetically engineered and how exactly they are made depends on their social caste. The children are encouraged to engage in "erotic play." Basically, when the children are five, they are encouraged to explore their and the opposite sex's bodies. The book described a whole group of them running around doing this. One girl came back crying, saying that this boy would not engage in it, and he was sent somewhere for mental conditioning. For one, I would have loved to do this when I was five. Second, it would have answered a lot of questions instead of the internet. Also, this to me is start. It seems a better way of conducting things then making people sensitive about the subject.

I think people should be more open about their emotions, as they are humans. For some reason Rome to me seems like that. And the late 1800s and the 1900s.

I guess I wanted to say how much sensitive/scrupulous people sometimes get on my nerves.
Oh yes, please do refine my opinion, as I find it hard to articulate everything.

Edit: Erotic play as in just seeing what the deal is and getting comfortable.
Although, in the society they live in, everyone has sex with people, not forming long-lasting relationships. That seems a bit much.

It's a taboo thing because having sex with many partners goes against most principles of marrige in most cultures. If you talk about it, children might be tempted to have sex early, and back in the days before birth-control, that means either the mother gets stuck with a child can't support, or at the very least going through a shotgun marriage, then getting a divorce later(assuming they don't contract a horrible disease and parish). Either way, it defies a fundamental part of human culture in the eyes of many people.

Personally, I can't say I'm too offended by sex, although I do find the oversexualized woman in all fighting games and most animes/action movies somewhat offensive, since it seems rather stupid and childish - just there so 12-year-old can have something to wack-off to before they discover internet porn. For everyone else, it's just a distraction.

 

[wewontdie11]

Oddly most of the women I know seem to have a problem with sex jokes. They're fine with the serious discussion most of the time but I make one sex joke and they fly off the handle (it was bloody funny though). Might just be the bloke-ish mentality of me and my friends but we joke openly about such things without so much as batting an eyelid. Merely an observation of my group of associates.

 

[SimuLord]

Did you know masturbation hurts SO much and sex feels like death?

The French call orgasm "le petit mort", or "the little death."

 

[Bulletinmybrain]

I hope I would never want to refuse my wife sex. I certainly never have so far

The reality is if you are in a good relationship and you are tired, sick, whatever, its rather unlikely that your wife will be raping you for it. Besides, since foreplay is encouraged, its not hard to please your wife even if you are too tired for the big show. The point of the law is to empower women and to make the point that they control sex and that their pleasure can never be forgotten, a large improvement over the male focussed cultures in the area at the time.

I don't disagree with the reason behind the law, but I can think of plenty of married couples who dislike eachother strongly enough for a rule like that to become an issue.

Well of course you haven't!
You are a man.
And a man is always up for sex with a pretty lady.

Now go, wrestle bears!

Fuck society with a rusty screw.

 

[Neonbob]

I don't disagree with the reason behind the law, but I can think of plenty of married couples who dislike eachother strongly enough for a rule like that to become an issue.

Well of course you haven't!
You are a man.
And a man is always up for sex with a pretty lady.

Now go, wrestle bears!

Fuck society with a rusty screw.

That's the spirit! Remember to spread that message on to the kids, now! Maybe that will result in a less uptight generation.

 

[scotth266]

I was, fortunately, lucky enough to miss that generation by a few years. The girls in my classes in school were pretty diverse in looks, whereas my younger brother (by four years) stepped into the "Attack of the Clones" at some point around fifth grade.

Don't girls with fake tans, bleach-blonde hair, fake tits, and no personality just make you feel all tingly inside?
Kind of like how you feel before vomiting?

After reading this, I find myself curious as to what these people look like. However, I fear for my web browser: how many pages of Google Images do you think I'll flip through before porn pops up? Not many, I'll bet. Guh.

I read Shade's Children at 11, I think. It didn't traumatize me.

I don't care what the kids learn, as long as they aren't practicing it.

 

[Lord Monocle Von Banworthy]

I love the level of projection in this thread. Nobody is talking about "sex" in general but only his or her notion of sex.

Sex is a sacrament. And a handshake. It's a pleasant exercise, and it's a disgusting compulsion. It's a statement of love, and it's an assertion of dominance. It's the ultimate submission, and it's a technique for negotiation. Some people do it to scratch an itch, and some people find the meaning of life in it. The only thing that offends me about sex is when somebody insists that everyone else has to hold exactly the same beliefs about it that he does. Basically, everybody.

 

[Iskenator67]

I have a t-shirt that descries my view on this perfectly.
Relax it's just sex.

 

[Korolev]

It's simple really - sex and lust are very basic emotions - almost animalistic. Now, human beings ARE animals, but we often don't like to tell ourselves this or accept it. I maintain we are the best animal, but we're still animals and we have animalistic thoughts and emotions. We can't exactly change that (until we figure out a way to alter the way our brains develop).

The denial of sex was seen as a way of making ourselves to be "more" than animals. We like to think that "we humans" don't do such things as have sex in the open or openly talk about it. It's seen as "primitive", "boorish" and "uncultured" to talk about sex all the time.

I was raised in such an environment. My parents were atheists, but any talk about nudity, sex or the opposite gender was strictly prohibitied. To this day, my family has an incredible urge to never, ever, ever mention even the word sex. I myself cannot express sexual attraction to women. I just can't. I can't do it. For me to talk about sex with my family would be like for someone else to talk about sex with their boss or grandmother.

Needless to say this has warped me considerably. I cannot express sexual attraction in real life. I never talk about sex and I do my best to show no interest in the subject. If I have to talk about it, I always use a clipped, clinical tone, like what a doctor would use. I never use slang when referring to women or any part of their body. I've tried to get a relationship going with quite a few women - never worked out because I couldn't bring myself to touch them or express sexual interest in them. Instead my "attempts" at courtship usually involve me debating them on topics, which usually ends with them hating me.

I'm fully aware of my problem - how much damage its done, how warped my personality has become. I blame my parents for that. However, I also thank my parents for giving me food and a good life, so it balances out.

Should sex be more openly discussed? Yes. But should it be more openly practiced? No - STDs are a real threat, and for some reason people are often too stupid to use contraceptives and protective devices.

 

[Shepard's Shadow]

I'm not saying I want everybody to randomly have sex with everybody, I just think people should be way more comfortable with it.

I agree. Sex is as natural as eating. Why do you think some people involve strawberrys and chocolate when they have sex?

 

[Sewblon]

If someone does not want to discuss something it is their business. I don't like discussing sex because I have never had it and I don't like feeling left out.