Wimps?

[csr]

So, what does our aggrieved and put-upon reader draw from this exercise in cut-and-paste? My conclusion is that Alex does believe in 'norms' -- to be specific, two of them. In these examples she clearly demonstrates a belief in a normal man and a normal woman, but she also says that men (at least) who unnaturally conform to their norm suffer from a whole string of '-pression's, which seems to argue that, while she believes in the existence of these norms, she doesn't necessarily believe that they're good things.

Interesting conclusion. It's amazing what a person says when half their speech is removed. I'll bet I could cut and paste and allow the gentle reader to reach somewhat different conclusions...

What Alex really means is:

"How many of your men out there crave to"

"rescue a swimming pool attendant" ?



"Yes, you have read that correctly, "

"I’m excited by seeing or reading about"

"necrophilia" !



"Oh, and by the way, just for the record, I’ve never been "

"raped’ by a much older woman"



"Isn't it an individual's right "

"to belong to "

"a devote Christian teenage boy "?



"My other half thinks "

"I’m not, very individual. "



"But where, oh where, exactly, did you read or get the idea that I "

"seek sexual punishment in order to "

"be the same as everyone else? "



"Many gays and lesbians believe that "

"Curtis,"

"The Female Eunich"

"can’t help but see the lighter side of most situations."

Now, if that's settled, may we please return to debating Alex's questionable original premise that men who wish to be taken care of are sexually submissive? That seems to me to be more of a passive/aggressive trait, and I wouldn't think of a p/a person as being submissive, sexually or otherwise. And what does it have to do with sex at all? If it's any form of submission wouldn't it be psychological, rather than sexual? Honestly, you people, I can't believe you let THAT slide by!

In all seriousness, I don't believe that was the premise at all. In the original post, I took it that she was questioning the motivation for men who ARE sexually submissive--those who derive erotic pleasure from submitting. She in fact postulated that this was a release for men who are dominant and/or powerful in other areas.