After being inundated with news of Elliot Rodgers shooting
rampage and his ridiculous belief he was wronged by women for not giving him sex, and reading commentaries,
comments, and reflections on the subject, this is how I feel.
We have built a society where we use sex to sell; we
sexualize both the male and female bodies, wax, oil and slap them up on billboards.
And yet, it is taboo to talk about sex in any real way to our youth in school,
and the kind of natural innocent nudity is shocking, as in a breast feeding
mother.
Young men grow up and feel shamed, and is if they are not a
real man if they are virgins, and girls are slut shamed and taught to hang on
to their virginity as long as possible. This creates a hunter/prey mentality
that fosters sexual frustration and violence. More on this subject can be read in a fantastic article by Alyssa Royse " The Danger in Demonizing Male Sexuality"
http://goodmenproject.com/featured-content/the-danger-in-demonizing-male-sexuality/
The dichotomy we have created in regards to the sex conversation is absurd. Men and women both want sex, love, and
respect. It is time to change the conversation with young people, take away the
taboo, encourage questions, and provide useful, reality based information so
they can go into the world with knowledge and respect for themselves and those
around them.
It is long past time to take the sex subject out of the closet
and make it an accessible conversation for young people. No more shame and no more blame.
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