Posted on 02/14/2018 4:26:58 PM PST by Tolerance Sucks Rocks
Not for nothing, but the latest fruits of the sexual revolution are even more bizarre than most of us imagined.
We knew things would get a little freaky, but maybe we didn’t know it would involve an upswing in polygamy, amorous activities with plastic women, or cuddling sessions with electric candelabra.
But that is the state of affairs as we approach Valentine’s Day this year.
We shouldn’t be surprised. When a society deifies sexual expression, it deifies a jealous god who will not be satisfied until every biological, social, and moral norm is overturned.
Consider the upswing in open marriages. In a recent edition of The Chronicle Review, Carrie Ichikawa Jenkins, a British-Canadian philosopher, argues that polygamy should be normalized. Jenkins practices polygamy (which she calls “polyamory”) with her husband, Jonathan Jenkins Ichikawa, and her boyfriend, Ray Hsu.
Jenkins and her husband have been open about their polygamy since July 2011, shortly after their wedding. Jenkins notes that people are judgmental, “lecturing” her for taking part in something they consider unnatural and immoral.
But Jenkins responds that polygamy is quite natural and moral.
She argues that polygamy is the most natural relationship of all, as can be seen in the fact that very few animal species are monogamous. “Not even swans are monogamous,” she says. Not even swans.
She argues that polygamy is a moral way of life, with open marriages consisting of nothing more than ethical individuals being faithful to their multiple true loves.
Or, consider the emergence of sexual love with multiple sex dolls. Recently, The Guardian ran a story on James, a 58-year-old from Atlanta, Georgia. James, it turns out, is married to a human woman, Tine, but is also the owner of four life-size silicon sweethearts.
Two years ago, James’ wife left the home briefly to care for her ailing mother. Months later, she returned to find her husband surrounded by four new “ladies,” remarkable for their physical dimensions and their willingness to remain silent.
In short order, she learned that James had been “dating” the robots—taking them for picnics, watching television together, and engaging in, er, nocturnal activities with them.
James’ plastic princesses are the fruit of an emerging industry of animatronic, AI-enabled silicon sexbots. These sexbots are custom-made, complete with silicon body parts, heating and lubrication systems, and changing facial expressions.
The idea of sex robots is not new. In 2007, futurist David Levy published “Love and Sex with Robots,” in which he argued that robotic love would soon be embraced in the West.
In a recent interview, Levy argued that robotic love has many merits, as it could make prostitution obsolete, teach humans a greater variety of lovemaking positions, and provide pedophiles an outlet for their desire.
“Look. One has to accept that sexual mores advance with time, and morality with it,” Levy said in a recent interview. “Nothing can be ruled out.”
Finally, consider the curious case of erotic love with multiple light fixtures.
Recently, Inside Edition ran a story on Amanda Liberty, 33, of Leeds, England, who “married” her favorite chandelier. Liberty, who identifies as objectum sexual, says she just “knew” she would marry “Lumiere” the moment she first saw “her” on eBay last year.
In spite of the marriage, Liberty remains in an open relationship with her collection of more than 20 other lighting fixtures:
None of my chandeliers are jealous of each other. They understand that I love them all for their different personalities. For example, I love kissing and cuddling Lumiere, but I sleep with Jewel every night, as she is portable and very nice to cuddle.
Relentlessly true to the inner logic of the sexual revolution, polygamy, sexbots, and object-sex are part of the relentless drive to redefine marriage, sex, and romantic love. We are hard-wired for sex, according to this logic, but society must not cast judgment on our choice of sexual union.
Other trends include Ivy League attempts to normalize sex with animals (bestiality) and dead people (necrophilia).
But make no mistake. These latest iterations of the sexual revolution are unnatural and immoral. Their public emergence might tell us what “is” happening culturally, but it cannot tell us what we “ought” to do.
For the “ought,” we must turn, as our Founding Fathers did, to the Judeo-Christian view of humanity and sexuality. From it, we learn that God created human beings in his image and likeness, providing us with spiritual and moral guidance so that we could flourish and experience life’s goodness.
Central to this moral guidance is the truth that marriage and family are the core social units of society. Together they form the most important context in which children are shaped to understand themselves and their relationship with the world.
So, on Valentine’s Day this year, let’s make clear to our children and to society that marriage is between one man and one woman, and that any departure from that norm will leave us empty and pitiful in our attempts at sexual fulfillment.
And a lot of norms we didn’t know were norms. Sex is the potion that can glue together what we couldn’t imagine even could be glued. Whether that was desirable or not. Might as well turn kids loose with epoxy instead of library paste.
Indeed ;-)
As I wrote above, the big difference historically was the children knew who their parents were. It was also very practical in a warrior/tribal society where a lot of men were killed in battle. It was an efficient way to take care of young widows and orphans and replenish the numbers of the tribe.
We have unnatural marriage in the acceptance of homosexual unions. Both polyandry and polygeny are good compared to that.
Polygamy has always been part of the human condition (the whole of the animal kingdom in fact). Yes, we are to supposed to be ‘above’ the animals, I guess, but I digress.
Sex robots though? I blame the feminist movement and the unequal application of Law between the sexes:
- Diff. ‘time’ for the same crime(s)
- NO say in re: children (forced into parenthood\support even if don’t want, and if do want, she can still do the opposite w/o detriment).
- Dead-beat dad/alimony are HOUNDED (even if no ability to pay/provide), but ‘mom’ can shack-up/live in worst possible conditions and ‘single-moms’ are held up as saints.
- Fake rape charges, morning-after regret = ruined rep/life
- Disease vectors (when was the last time you heard/read about a FEMALE prosecuted for trying to infect someone else?. Men? *Pfft*)
So, yeah, I can see why nobody want *ANYTHING* to do w/ the opposite sex, dating or marriage or ...
Very good.
Geese partners for life
In this era of workplace sexual misconduct, alimony, and domestic violence, sex robots might become the most successful commercial product of all time!
Well, I don't know. But I do know that polygamy has existed since forever, and that there have been many stable and long-lasting civilizations that practiced polygamy, whereas there have never, ever been any successful cultures that practiced polyandry.
I presume the reason for this is that men and women are radically and fundamentally different from each other.
No, consequences of frigid women.
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I agree with the poster about 'The revolution' and 'loud mouthed, ugly Lib women; but for the average American woman, try treating her more like you did when you were dating.
Most of us don't ask for much, just an 'I love you', and 'I appreciate you' once in a while, and maybe 'you look pretty' (even if we don't so much). This and maybe some flowers or a box of chocolates for no particular reason except 'I love you, and I was just thinking of you' does wonders.
Most of us are just hopeless romantics. All we want is to be respected, appreciated and treated with tenderness and love- and for Heaven's sake; don't ever try to cheat on us. Sooner or later, we'll just know- (We're worse than a bloodhound) and things will never be the same.
Right, girls?
For you fellows who may be having problems in the romance department; try this out. You may end up being pleasantly surprised.
+1 for Robot Monster.
Reportedly one of the worst movies ever made.
I apologize if my earlier response seemed aggressive, but the subject of polygamy really “grinds my gears”.
Believe me, women are just as jealous as men:)
Honestly, I would rather be poverty stricken and living on the streets than to be trapped in a polygamous marriage. Having no husband would be better than to have only part of a husband.
Thank goodness that I didn’t live in Old Testament times. Women’s lives were absolutely miserable.
Gays will fantasize about C3PO.
Words to live by. I may be one of the few guys out there that sent the lady of my interest flowers at work “just because”, and yes, I was pleasantly surprised. ;-)
Well now, you are a very nice REAL lady and I have my own special complex little hell that I am dealing with. Don’t pay me no never mind...I just tend to stir the pot sometimes out of FRUSTRATION!
PS I have a prized Robert W. Wood Texas Blu9ebonnets oil.
PSS God save Texas!
“Polygamy, Robot Sex, AND AIDS Are Consequences of the Sexual Revolution”
There, fixed it.
My dogs favorite snacks are warm cat turds out of the litter box.
If my parents were to come back, they would find a very different world. One that they would not be able to understand at all.
Men chopping their dicques off and getting their pictures on the cover of national magazines. Stores allowing dickgrafters and dickchoppers in bathrooms for the wrong sex. Arresting people who complain about seeing a swinging dick in the womens’ bathroom, lezzy couples suing Christian cake bakers, a president who claims to be male, Christian, heterosexual and America-loving who is none of these, a first lady who is neither a lady nor a female, an IRS that persecutes normal people, an fbi that breaks the law, etc etc.
I see what you did here!
Only when it’s HER turn to clean the commodes!
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