Firstly, for trying to be a good feminist—I honestly think you should get points for trying.
Secondly, for making it plain how ridiculous these arguments are. I’ve seen a lot of reasoning on this forum recently that goes:
more sex = more harassment & assault
therefore
polyamory and “sleeping around” and friends with benefits and any other form of sexual relationship I think I can get away with policing in 2023 = bad
(...but obviously sex before marriage and serial monogamy and any other form of serious, “proper” sexual relationship especially marriage—you know, the ones that actually count because they don’t just make people happy they’re just good you know? = good)
Convenient how the numbers keep working out only in favour of socially sanctioned forms of relationship.
“Sex is between one person and one other person when both people are working towards marriage and not having sex with other people in between” is a lot better than “Sex can only happen within marriage which is between one man and one woman for life,” but there’s still some way to go.
What is EA coming to when I feel even more slut-shamed here than I do with my family lol.
The irony is that it seems to mostly be coming from the political left.
HaydenW, thank you.
Firstly, for trying to be a good feminist—I honestly think you should get points for trying.
Secondly, for making it plain how ridiculous these arguments are. I’ve seen a lot of reasoning on this forum recently that goes:
more sex = more harassment & assault therefore polyamory and “sleeping around” and friends with benefits and any other form of sexual relationship I think I can get away with policing in 2023 = bad (...but obviously sex before marriage and serial monogamy and any other form of serious, “proper” sexual relationship especially marriage—you know, the ones that actually count because they don’t just make people happy they’re just good you know? = good)
Convenient how the numbers keep working out only in favour of socially sanctioned forms of relationship.
“Sex is between one person and one other person when both people are working towards marriage and not having sex with other people in between” is a lot better than “Sex can only happen within marriage which is between one man and one woman for life,” but there’s still some way to go.
What is EA coming to when I feel even more slut-shamed here than I do with my family lol.
The irony is that it seems to mostly be coming from the political left.