Comments on: Nothing new under the sun

By: trinityva

trinityva — Thu, 30 Oct 2008 20:38:01 +0000

You know, my beef with all this is pretty much what I say over here:

http://trinityva.livejournal.com/913526.html

Which is: These people constantly behave sleazily in the interest of their cause. Whether that’s lying, badgering, asking leading questions, or ad hominem attacks. If we did anything half that sleazy it would be proof that you can’t trust the immoral sluts, but because this stuff is for “women’s liberation” (a phrase I increasingly suspect actually means nothing), such tactics are seen as perfectly acceptable. Or at least as excusable. Very few people on the other side condemn them., and even when they do, they tend to think their videos, articles, and projects are “important” enough that it really doesn’t matter if they break rules of basic decency to produce it.

I’m tired of that. I know and read a very small handful of anti-porn feminists that wouldn’t pull that sort of thing. But I keep wondering: Where does it keep coming from? Why is basic decency so difficult for Dr. Sun and so many others?

By: Aspasia

Aspasia — Wed, 29 Oct 2008 22:06:39 +0000

Matey: “I would see you as a traitor not only to womanhood, but also to humanity.”

*blinks*

Wow. That was klassy.

By: Amber

Amber — Wed, 29 Oct 2008 20:11:53 +0000

It’s even worse if you’re a teenage girl. Having any kind of sex at all automatically means you’re self-destructive and have low self-esteem, apparently.

Yep. Been there.

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By: Miss Nomered

Miss Nomered — Wed, 29 Oct 2008 19:58:30 +0000

It’s even worse if you’re a teenage girl. Having any kind of sex at all automatically means you’re self-destructive and have low self-esteem, apparently. Dr. Phil told me so.

There is a reason I don’t tell therapists about my sex life. (As in, having sex is not a symptom of why I need therapy, dipshits.)

By: RenegadeEvolution

RenegadeEvolution — Wed, 29 Oct 2008 19:32:25 +0000

Amber- But you forget, I get degraded for a living, by Professionals! Surely anything that the web feminists throw at me pales in comparision, Right?

Right?

Only not so much, really. But some of what they say is true…I do have a vested interest in this, more than a lot of people…because it IS my job and my passion…and it’s pretty apparent that no one else is gonna have a vested interest for me.

Besides, I might as well put those degrees to work somehow, since my job totally doesn’t require brain power at all, right?

By: Superlagirl

Superlagirl — Wed, 29 Oct 2008 17:53:47 +0000

I wish someone would come up with a list of feminist-approved sex acts. I mean, cowgirl is okay, I would guess, but what about reverse cowgirl? And what about doggy-style? Hits the g-spot, but is it degrading? 69? Seems egalitarian, but there is that whole penis-in-the-mouth thing that might be against the rules. Also, I nursed for three years of my life, so my nipples don’t have quite the sensation they used to. Is it okay in this case if my partner pinches or bites them, or is that still too violent?

As a rule-abiding feminist, I just want to make sure I’m in compliance.

By: Amber

Amber — Wed, 29 Oct 2008 14:41:19 +0000

I wish I had your stamina, Ren. It’s like I was telling a friend the other day – I am unable to put up a “wall” with this stuff and let the personal attacks and dismissals and obvious disgust roll off of me and keep on discussing the issue on a rational level. I just can’t. I wish I could. But it gets to me. It makes me feel like shit. I need to respect my limits and know when to walk away… even though that sucks, because yes, that means me and a lot of people like me end up not being heard. (Yes, we can write all day long on our own blogs; but all the people who read Hugo won’t necessarily deign to come over here.)

I know this sounds like a “poor me” pity party and that’s honestly not what I am going for, at all. Just trying to explain why I have to stop interacting w/ commenters like Faith at a certain point. I respect your ability to keep on with it, Ren. But I just don’t have it in me.

And, re: porn sex… it really makes me roll my eyes… sometimes I think these people must imagine I watch a ton of porn! And in reality I watch very little porn… most of it I find more amusing or silly than arousing. And yeah, I was fantasizing about anal before I ever saw porn at all, so there goes that theory (which is one of the stupidest fucking theories I’ve heard, btw).

By: RenegadeEvolution

RenegadeEvolution — Wed, 29 Oct 2008 14:32:35 +0000

oh, and Amber, lay off the porn sex…you’re hurting yourself and MEEEE!!!! You icky person!

(ok tried, couldnt even type that with a straight face…I’m gonna go watch “anal destruction” now)