The "Sexual Revolution:" why we need a real one
Kim McCarten points out that We Need a Real Sexual Revolution [Merge]. She writes,
How about the popular notion that has grown in the last 30 years that if you don’t have sex with everyone who asks, you’re a puritan—or that if you’re not
pushing the (your) boundaries, you’re repressed. You have to prove you’re a revolutionary by having group sex, or by having sex with a dog. Doing your part to further thesexual revolutionby allowing yourself to be hit or abused (let’s call it S&M)—because allworldlypeople know sex should involve pain and humiliation. And if you object, it’s only because you don’t have anopen mind.
To which I can only add: Huzzah and kudos!
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[N.B.: Mr. Mulvaney’s post was originally posted with erratic line breaks that made it difficult to read. I have edited the line breaks for formatting. If Mr. Mulvaney intended his post to be read as free verse, I apologize. ~The Editor]
Hello,
Not until our country decides to take sexuality seriously will there ever be a revolution. We are dealing with centuries of pain and repression. And, of course, people will want to get around the pain and buy the pleasure anywhere. It’s an American traditon. Some of the greatest customers of Thai prostitutes happen to be marines. You can’t blame them really.
As a boy in this country I am supposed to “be responsible” for the sex act. I am supposed to know what to do, when to do it, and please the girl. The pressure and the fact that my hormones are going berserk is UNBELIEVABLE. I can really sympathize with women when they have to carry the new births of the world for the human race. But boys are supposed to be responsible for things we know absolutely nothing about. AND THAT NEVER GOES AWAY. It’s a lifetime occupation really.
And, if you were in my shoes you would really get how much it sucks. This is why there are MORE MEN in prison then women. And, if we had any brains we would see that the source of sexual violence in this country is based upon how we raise our boys in relation to the girls.
It is just another way in which we are psychotic in this country.
Which leads me to my next statement regarding the above post. When you talk about “group sex” what do YOU mean? Everyone in this country talks about sex by not talking about sex. Right now after the “sexual revolution” during the 60’s and 90’s we have a president in the White House talking about “abstinence”. Well, that’s not exactly true. You have to “wait” until after marriage whatever that means. We love to talk about commitment in noncommital ways.
I hope that a president will run and finally realize that we have a life threatening disease regarding sex. It seems to me then that this should be one of the major things on his platform. Not let’s just sweep it under the rug so we can all relax.
One more thing. I am male. I was a boy. I did not buy, sell, or even take pictures for Penthouse, Playboy, Hustler, etc when I was a figment of my parent’s imagination.
NOW I AM A MAN. And, I really detest female writers who tell me what I am responsible for. Keep your judgements to yourself. And, if you think you don’t have any power today you are FULL OF IT!!!!
In your article you said that sexual violence stems from the differences on how the male and female sexes are raised. Can you please expand on that arguement? What are these differences?