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sex, and we started being honest with children about sex at a relatively young age, there might not be such a big to-do about it, and individuals in our society in general might express their sexuality more freely and naturally. And the manifestations of psychological/emotional disturbances that arise from this repression, such as pedophilia and need oriented sexual violence against women, might be all but eliminated from our society.
So please don't get me wrong about my attitude toward sex; I'm way overboard on the side of whatever floats your boat as long as what floats your boat doesn't harm others. But I am definitely hostile to the sexualization of children by the media in our society.
IMO, mature, healthy adults, adults who are in control of their sexuality, make their choices for sexual expression, most particularly when these choices involve business transactions, with full consideration of any harm these expressions may cause others, directly or indirectly, particularly children.
I actually feel that adult prostitution maybe should be legalized and strictly controlled, so that we can possibly partially eliminate a source of the underground resources that often play a part in the funding and perpetuation of the phenomenon of child prostitution and the agencies that profit from child trafficking and sex slavery. If somebody's favorite sex worker is somehow sharing part of her/his money to some form of organized crime group, and that organized crime syndicate is related to a child prostitution ring any way, then that person is helping to support child prostitution. And, in my personal circle of what is ethically acceptable, any support of child prostitution, either direct or indirect, is ethically and morally wrong. As wrong as wrong gets.
For most of my life, I've been a part of a loosely knit widespread alternative society where nudity and breastfeeding are the norm, and sex is pretty much universally considered a healthy, natural, and pleasurable activity.
Sex for most of us with this alternative mindset is just really not all that big of a deal. I like sex. It's great fun. Personally, I'm not comfortable sleeping with anyone that has sexual proclivities that are beyond what I believe to be my very broad boundaries of what is acceptable, in terms of not being harmful, or evidence of some emotional/psychological disturbance obviously caused by childhood sexual repression stemming from twisted religion/familial/societal mores.
People throwing up on each other does not bother me, and if that is what two consenting adults want to do, fine with me, but that would not be fun for me, and I can't help but wonder where a desire to engage in this type of activity stems from.
I'm honest and open about sex. I've personally briefly experimented with prostitution, in a Third World setting, not because I needed the money, but because I wanted to know what it was like, and the opportunity was there. I'd never to it again, but I don't regret what I did, I believe I learned quite a bit. It was very ugly all around. Prostitution is commonly known as the world's oldest profession; I doubt the basic idea has changed all that much over the centuries. I suppose you could say it was a reasonable way to learn more about human nature, the condition of many working women throughout history, and the generally disparate attitudes, and existences, lived by men and women, respectively.
I've also had female friends/close acquaintances who are long time professional dancers in the US also; one of them was my housemate for over a year. So I have some real time perspective on sex work other than prostitution, resulting from conversations with these women.
So I suspect that I have a much different perspective on sex positivism than many others, though our opinions on this may be similar.
I truly feel that, from any reasonable ethical standpoint within both societal norms, and the overall realm of human decency, it is extremely important that we honestly examine our sexuality, and how we manifest it, particularly when it involves exchanging money for sex services, so that this manifestation in no way harms children.
From my POV, that would make sex so much more positive.
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