You know, 60 years ago remaining a virgin would have been considered an intelligent thing to do. Over-sexualizing was disgusting and as a result, people often found themselves being ashamed of their sexual desires.
Fast forward to today and sexuality is no longer something to be ashamed of (or at least, not nearly as shameful as it once was). However, with every societal change, we are having trouble getting used to the idea that sexuality is NATURAL and it does more harm than good for people to feel ashamed for their sexuality
It's going to have to get better though, because the fact of the matter is that sexuality is a very PERSONAL thing and nobody should be ashamed of their sexuality or lack of sexuality and that is what we're going to have to get over as a society. In order for our society to cope with these ideals we will have to get over the fact that sexuality DOES NOT DEFINE WHO WE ARE. A gay man is still a man and a lesbian female is still a female, a BDSM loving woman is still a woman etc
Until we can realize that sexuality is just ONE of MANY facets of our identity then we are going to have this problem. I have no problem with people being open regarding their sexuality but it is troubling that this change is so difficult to handle that people have resorted to pushing their standards for what is right and wrong sexually on others.
IIN That I sometimes feel this way about sex in media and culture?
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You know, 60 years ago remaining a virgin would have been considered an intelligent thing to do. Over-sexualizing was disgusting and as a result, people often found themselves being ashamed of their sexual desires.
Fast forward to today and sexuality is no longer something to be ashamed of (or at least, not nearly as shameful as it once was). However, with every societal change, we are having trouble getting used to the idea that sexuality is NATURAL and it does more harm than good for people to feel ashamed for their sexuality
It's going to have to get better though, because the fact of the matter is that sexuality is a very PERSONAL thing and nobody should be ashamed of their sexuality or lack of sexuality and that is what we're going to have to get over as a society. In order for our society to cope with these ideals we will have to get over the fact that sexuality DOES NOT DEFINE WHO WE ARE. A gay man is still a man and a lesbian female is still a female, a BDSM loving woman is still a woman etc
Until we can realize that sexuality is just ONE of MANY facets of our identity then we are going to have this problem. I have no problem with people being open regarding their sexuality but it is troubling that this change is so difficult to handle that people have resorted to pushing their standards for what is right and wrong sexually on others.