Is there a new sexual repression occurring

[Burgman]

for the simple fear of offending another?

[chrisa]

1. Not really. No. People are going to have different opinions.

Couldn't this have all been posted in that one thread?

[ananda]

2. Hmm...

All I see on tv are plasticized pornworthy women,
lots and lots of sex, and so on.

[redqueen]

36. Exactly.

How anyone can watch lingerie football, the Victoria's Secret fashion show or whatever, and all the new shows which pretty much feature soft porn on a regular basis... and somehow conclude that we're in an era of sexual repression is in deep, deep denial.

Either that or they just can't tolerate any disagreement from anyone, or anyone saying that there is anything wrong with women being the sex class.

[Little Star]

3. We'll never know because we can't figure out what you're talking about. n/t

[southernyankeebelle]

4. I think we are be repressed from knowing. It is a good topic but I would like to know more. Hope

he/she will let us in on the observation on why he/she feels this way. Then we can talk about it.

[Burgman]

7. sexuality has always been taboo in this country.

Gay, strait or anything in between, sexual conversations at least have been and are being repressed.

Now it seems to be coming from the other end.

[muriel_volestrangler]

17. .

[Little Star]

18. Not really taboo on DU2...

when I had an advertisment of a vibrator in my face 24/7 even as a starred member. LOL

Truth be, it never bothered me like it did some members back then.

[emulatorloo]

38. But that was a LIBERAL vibrator!

[dawg]

49. You mean that wasn't a purple garden spade?!?!?!

[seabeyond]

51. lol lol. really, was what it looked like. nt

[MineralMan]

19. Not really. Sex is discussed in many venues.

It's most discussed, though, between two people who are rather fond of each other. If sex alone were taboo, there wouldn't be a thriving porn industry putting it out there where anyone can view it.

It's not taboo at all. You can have such a conversation almost anywhere. How it will be received may vary from place to place.

[seabeyond]

21. lmfao. ya, right. that would be why we never see the sexualization of women fuckin

EVERYWHERE. why your porn is so hard to get. why strip clubs and hooters are bankrupt.

po menz

[southernyankeebelle]

35. Your right.

[lapislzi]

48. Oh, stop.

Nobody I know has any trouble discussing sex in the abstract. On the other hand, I neither need or want to know your proclivities or desires unless we are in a sexual relationship.

[demmiblue]

9. Apparently, he has his briefs in a bunch over another thread. N/t

[msanthrope]

16. Imagine--being so repressed you aren't allowed to tell female posters 'B$^% Me!' at will. nt

[seabeyond]

23. says something about his need to start these threads to dismiss women. point about men with this

attitude thru their own insecurities having a need to dominate women and the harm done in society. like telling some woman to blow him. as if it is a right.

[redqueen]

39. Yes.

Yes it does.

[denem]

5. Repression is an unconscious shadow of the observer.

You tell me. Is BDSM beyond the pale for you?

[Pacafishmate]

6. I think so.

Far too many people sticking their heads into other people's bedrooms. As if sex isn't ( and hasn't always been) a commodity. What if I'm a Wall Street trader and I want to fulfill my commodity fantasy? Who are the moral crusaders to stop that?

[denem]

8. There's not exactly any repression in the commercial profits raked in by sex.

[no_hypocrisy]

10. Yes, but for a different reason.

New laws are coming into existence that have the indirect effect of repressing sexuality. You have regulations that make it harder to access abortion where it's still available (and that's lessening in numbers progressively). * Stuff like waiting periods, parental notification, a description of the fetus before you get on the table, sonograms, etc. Then you have characters like Rick Santorum who isn't satisfied with banning all abortion in all 50 states. He wants to allow states to criminalize birth control not only for unmarried couples but also for marrieds. When one or both of a couple is worried about pregnancy as a result of a blissful encounter, that will certainly repress sexuality for that act and/or in the future. (I'm waiting for the other shoe to drop where adultery is returned as a criminal statute with a trial.)

* http://www.alternet.org/story/153689/24_states_enacted_92_abortion_restrictions_in_2011/

[WingDinger]

11. The push is for states rights. That way, red states can stop abortion and contraceptives

SO THAT WHITE PEOPLE CAN REDOMINATE. Let those blue states genocide. This is their plan to stop the marginalization of white hegemony.

[LanternWaste]

12. I believe it's called 'Simple Courtesy and Civility"

I believe avoiding offending another person is called 'Simple Courtesy and Civility" rather than sexual repression.

However, I do understand the desire to over inflate and dramatize the benign so as to ad an air of urgency and gravity to our own complacent petulance.

[Scout]

43. ^^^^ post 12 nailed (hahahahaha) it ^^^^ n/t

[TreasonousBastard]

13. OK, where is the thread that started this? I need to get...

a few more people ignoring me.

[seabeyond]

14. yes. SOME men are so busy with their porn, they cant get out of the house to find a woman.

totally repressed.

[msanthrope]

15. After telling a female DUer to 'B!$# Me' in another thread, you think you're being repressed?

Are you serious?

[redqueen]

40. It's rather odd, isn't it?

Apparently, spreading ideas which might result in a reduction of the supply of prostitutes is extremely threatening to some people.

[Burgman]

53. I in no way feel suppressed but the irony lies in that the post you reference

HAS BEEN REPRESSED (hidden).

[msanthrope]

59. Yes. Your post violated community standards.

You got exactly what you deserved.

[Goblinmonger]

55. So we can't type out the word "Blow" anymore?

Sheesh.

Edited to the correct B word. Still the same point.

[msanthrope]

58. You can do what you want. But I suggest not telling other posters to

"Blow Me."

[Goblinmonger]

60. I don't think I ever advocated that.

Just don't see the need to take this to the level of B-word status.

[RevStPatrick]

20. What happened to all that lovey-dovey...

...everyone here is beautiful from a few days ago?
Are the heart meds getting to you?
Seriously, you might want to consider taking a break, stepping back and considering what you are doing. Please...

[Burgman]

28. No meds here.

Still the "lovey-dovey."

I have opinions. I don't agree with everyone. I don't agree with all. I'm human. With all my faults and foibles I still voice them.

If you don't agree that's fine.

[RevStPatrick]

31. You see, now that's a reasonable reply!

"Blow me" isn't...

[Burgman]

54. That was a very rhetorical reply

that depended much on the reader's ability to discern a tongue in cheek banter from actual suggestion.

[justiceischeap]

22. A jury deciding that you can't tell another poster to "bl0w you"

isn't sexual repression.

That you think it's okay to say that and then start a thread to ask if this is sexual repression, when you're actually just being rude, is offensive in and of itself.

In other words, do you speak to your mother with that mouth? If you have a sister, do you invite her to blow you? How about your grandma, maybe she'd like that response...

To a Jury of my peers:
Sorry if this steps over the line but sometimes you just gotta be honest and not diplomatic in your responses.

[seabeyond]

25. male privilege. nt

[redqueen]

41. +10^100

[lapislzi]

46. Applause.

Calling out assholery for what it is--this is not repression.

[PA Democrat]

24. Poor Burgman thinks he is being repressed because he cannot

tell a female DUer to perform oral sex on him.

[Burgman]

56. "blow me" in the vernacular is very much the same as "fuck off"

or go away.

I never for a minute thought it would cause such a stir. I would much rather be taking photographs than stirring this silly pot.

[maddezmom]

26. you started this thread before you told a member to blow you

strange, it's like you knew you'd be "repressed" or did you plan it that way?

[graywarrior]

27. Yes

because of sweater vests

[Odin2005]

29. Yes, because misogyny is obviously FREEDUMB!!!

[Odin2005]

30. Every juror voted that this thread is OK? What horsehit.

[woo me with science]

32. This thread is a distraction from the repression happening

with the surveillance state, targeted assassinations of Americans, labeling of protesters as "terrorists," attempts at control of the internet, and indefinite detentions.

[JCMach1]

33. is that repression happening in my pants right now?

sorry couldn't resist...

Probably will be my first banned post...

[lapislzi]

34. You REALLY need to clarify your terms.

As in, what the f are you talking about?

[Sheepshank]

37. No not really.

But I'm not sure how many really want to know how often you fuck, and who you fuck and what you favorite positions are. So spout about sex all you want. Just don't expect applause.

[Scout]

42. No, there is not. n/t

[Spazito]

44. Quite the opposite...

Pointing out misogyny, discussing the objectification, dehumanizing of women by those who practice misogyny is now actually occurring on DU and that is the opposite of sexual repression. I'm surprised your OP doesn't understand that, oh well.

It does seem, however, some are feeling threatened by the very discussion of misogyny and want to repress that discussion by either mocking it or celebrating misogyny in all it's aspects by pretending it doesn't exist.

[TheKentuckian]

45. Not as such but there is a trend among some Democrats to adopt the moralizing

tactic from the Republicans that I guess mostly started as a bit of Clinton backlash and is pushed hard by having what we see as an example type family in the White House from our party combined with assimilating a lot of former Republicans and Republican leaners that seem to be who such talk resonated with in the first place.

Now much that is seen through the political lens is distorted by a reactionary theocracy friendly party and a fairly conservative one bolstered by a portion of the progressive movement having strong paternalistic tendencies, that have little aversion to telling the individual how to order their lives and what model to conform to for the greater good so it can seem so but I think the average person on the street is less stuck on this stuff than ever (in America) but are somewhat susceptible to media barrage.

[seabeyond]

47. except, it has nothing to do with moralizing. nt

[dawg]

50. Help! Help! I'm being repressed!

&feature=fvst

[Douglas Carpenter]

52. There can be a puritanical authoritarianism of the secular left just as easily as there can be a

puritanical authoritarianism of the religious right. The latter rationalizes its desire for control in the language of scripture and religiosity with claims of restoring traditional values - The former rationalizes its desire for control in the language of ideology with claims of promoting progressive values. Both claim to be only protecting the young and the vulnerable. Both seek to use force to impose their will on those who would defy them. Both are convinced that their willingess to use force to impose their will is for society's own good.

[Burgman]

57. Sez it all.