Sex Tips for Red-State Girls!

The NY Times Sunday Magazine ^ | July 4, 2004 | JENNIFER SENIOR

[Modernman]

No offense taken.

[Senator Pardek]

Do you know where I can get a bucket of chicken?

Here.

[summer]

Thanks. :)

[L.N. Smithee]

The referenced thread defending the Inquisition didn't have anything to do with "any suggestion that sex can be just for fun."

I stand by my initial response.

[asgardshill]

Prediction: This thread goes well over 1000 posts. Book it.

[L.N. Smithee]

Yeah, I think you have a valid point there, Ivan, as I'm wondering what the implication was in omitting the sales figures for the so-called "Blue States." Do Blue States not have these parties? Are sales figures so low it's not worth mentioning?

The parent company of Passion Parties -- Xandria, Inc. -- is headquartered in Brisbane, CA, a tiny town (3.44 sq mi, pop. 3600) southeast of San Francisco.

The Bay Area is the bluest part of the bluest state. So blue, it's almost black.

[L.N. Smithee]

A pure man in perfect union with God no doubt eats, sleeps, and procreates as an expression of divine glory. That is the ideal. But an ordinary man can have a hint of the divine when he has sex, and I think that is only for the good.

"A hint of the divine"? What does that mean?

When "an ordinary man" (by inference, one that is NOT "pure...in perfect union with God") has sex, what does that have to do with God in his mind?

And no, invoking His name in the throes of passion doesn't count.

[L.N. Smithee]

Based on some of the sex-phobic comments of many of the religious Freepers on threads like this, I'm not sure she's totally off-base.

I just reviewed all the comments previous to your post. I didn't detect one that I would call "sex-phobic." Which posts are you referring to?

[Cogadh na Sith]

Oh God!

They're heifers! Don't give them lotions and vibrators, send them to the milking barn...

Ugh. How come women don't want to be pretty anymore?

[SupplySider]

"A hint of the divine"? What does that mean? When "an ordinary man" (by inference, one that is NOT "pure...in perfect union with God") has sex, what does that have to do with God in his mind? And no, invoking His name in the throes of passion doesn't count.

Well, I think the bliss of sexual union replicates the bliss of divine union, on a small small scale. Both are acts of giving one's self over to a greater wholeness. And I don't think it's an accident that this experience is associated with the creation of life.

I wouldn't make sex a religion as the Hollywood crowd does, but I think there is a spiritual side to this wordly act.

[GatorGirl]

Hey Summer...

Sorry I didn't get back to you before. I took the weekend off!

Perhaps it depends on the rep, but I have never hostessed nor attended a home sales party that was high pressure at all! Basically, my friends and I look at it as a good opportunity to get together. I especially love Pampered Chef because they cook and you get to share all the yummy stuff they make. I hate high pressure sales of anything and would definitely not host or attend these shows if they were like that.

The lady who did the party in question was just the cutest thing. She was a military wife and at the time she did my party she was about 8 1/2 months pregnant. She was too funny!! All the guests were middle to upper middle class ladies, all married and all with children. It is definitely marketed as a marriage enhancing thing. There were alot of happy husbands in my neighborhood that night!

[summer]

Hi GatorGirl,

Thanks for your reply. That info is very interesting and entertaining! LOL...

Now I am wondering if 1) the particular company of the party I attended (I think now it was for beachwear) was just extra pushy, and 2) those companies you dealt with give any advice at all. I'm still curious about that.

I'll tell you a funny story since you were so nice to take the time to reply. A former neighbor of mine, a single divorced woman who was quite attractive but way too eager to tie the knot, once told she had actually paid quite a bit of money to join one of these single clubs where you fill out a profile, and men look at it, and you look at the men's profiles, and who knows -- maybe you go on a date and eventually marry.

But, she showed me the instructions this company gives new applicants on how to fill out their profiles -- and I still burst out laughing just remembering this. Here's what the company wrote in their directions -- and I'm not making this up.

On its profile questionaire the company wrote something like this for its instructions to new applicants --

"With respect to Question #3 -- 'What is your favorite activity?'

If you are a woman, DO NOT WRITE "Shopping" for your answer, even if your favorite activity really is shopping.

If you are a man, DO NOT WRITE "Watching sports on tv and drinking beer" even if your favorite activity is watching sports on tv and drinking beer.[...]"

ROTFLMAO...

[GatorGirl]

Excellent dating tips, I think! I'd love to write a book of funny dating tips, although it's been a while since I've dated!!

I don't really remember any "advice" dispensed at this function. Of course, the article you posted paints this type of thing as geared to those who "need" advice and I think the spin is a slap at churchgoing Arkansans (as promulgated by this New York author) who really don't know much about themselves.

Since my guests and I were all college-educated, successful women, the majority of whom have been married 10+ years, perhaps our rep didn't think we needed "advice". It was just a funny thing for us to do. I don't think I'll be hosting another one of these shows, unless of course everyone's purchases start to get worn out!! LOL!!!!!!!! ;-)

Incidentally, although shopping is completely confidential, but by the time it was my turn to "shop" the biggest sellers had seemed to be dusting powder and shaving cream. Hardly the den of depravity some of our fellow posters envision. And frankly, what's wrong with spicing up one's marriage a little? It's not like we all became swingers as a result of this presentation.

[summer]

LOL...thanks, GatorGirl. :)

[Darksheare]

No... Comment...
"Not my fault"

[TNdandelion]

Thank you to whomever it was that posted a link to the company!

I attended a similar type of party 10+ years ago and it was a blast!

They are usually tame enough that you could invite your mother (provided she still had sex). I just wouldn't show her what I was buying! It beats ordering online or walking into a creepy adult store.