The Downside of Sex

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Posted by TemariPC31
Maybe it's just me, but I didnt see it as a 'stay away from sex until marriage' or even 'avoid unprotected sex' article... I could be misinterpretting it though. To me, it seemed to focus more on the confusion women go through when it comes to sex, and the barriers they go through to get help from this confusion.

You have to read between the lines a bit. The implication is that all women go through confusion and psychological distress, and that this is what will absolutely happen if you have pre-marital sex. There's likely a chauvinistic element to it as well, regarding the fragile psyches of women and such. Note how there's no mention at all of men anywhere in the article.

It's true that a lot of people don't exercise their freedoms responsibly. Drunk drivers, for example. Just because you CAN, doesn't mean you HAVE to, and I think there's a good point to be made that there's a certain amount of unfair social pressure on people who choose to wait until marriage. If you're not ready for sex, you shouldn't feel forced into doing it, nor that you're somehow mentally/emotionally deficient for wanting to wait.

But that's not the tack being taken by the article. Emotional issues are a potential pitfall for some people, but not all of them. Plus there's the whole fallacy of sex and emotional intimacy being inextricably linked. Yet, like most propaganda of its type, it's advocating across-the-board behavior control.

If you want to, have sex. If you don't, abstain. If people start hassling you about your choice, start bringing up the shameful skeletons in other people's closets to remind them not to be so judgemental. Simple as that.

Jam it back in, in the dark.