Posted on 07/30/2011 7:13:52 PM PDT by Recovering_Democrat
It is hard to ignore how many highly visible men in recent years (indeed, months) have behaved in sexually self-destructive ways. Some powerful men have long been sexually voracious; unlike today, though, they were far more discreet and generally used much better judgment in order to cover their tracks.
Of course, the heightened technological ability nowadays to expose private behavior is part of the reason for this change. But that is precisely the point: so many of the men caught up in sex-tinged scandals of late have exposed themselves – sometimes literally – through their own willing embrace of text messages, Twitter, and other indiscreet media.
What is driving this weirdly disinhibited decision-making? Could the widespread availability and consumption of pornography in recent years actually be rewiring the male brain, affecting men’s judgment about sex and causing them to have more difficulty controlling their impulses?
There is an increasing body of scientific evidence to support this idea. Six years ago, I wrote an essay called “The Porn Myth,” which pointed out that therapists and sexual counselors were anecdotally connecting the rise in pornography consumption among young men with an increase in impotence and premature ejaculation among the same population. These were healthy young men who had no organic or psychological pathology that would disrupt normal sexual function.
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What about the paradigm shift over the last decade: Now, when you hear about a teacher having sex with students it is ALWAYS a female teacher.
Yes, I said always.
wh-wh-a-wha-what?
There’s a story of an old native American talking to his grandson. He says “in me there are two wolves locked in battle. One is good, kind, and virtuous. The other is cruel, selfish, and wicked.”
“Which one will win Grandfather?” the boy asks.
“Wichever I feed more.” he replies
Sure, I can agree with that.
I have long wondered about Mt 5:28 though, and I would be interested to discuss my wonder.
“woman” is Strong’s 1135: http://www.blueletterbible.org/lang/lexicon/lexicon.cfm?Strongs=G1135&t=KJV
1) a woman of any age, whether a virgin, or married, or a widow
2) a wife
a) of a betrothed woman
Now please, correct me if I’m wrong, but adultery was, and is a crime that occurs when one or both of the participants are married. So surely, Jesus is saying adultery can occur in the heart, ie. when one or both of the participants are married, which is what adultery means. Why would we assume that he is extending adultery to the unmarried?
If unmarried, perhaps they are committing fornication in their hearts, but not adultery, since that is not what adultery means.
Thoughts? I’ve just long wondered about that one.
I just checked a couple of French bibles, wondering if they use mademoiselle or madame, but they use femme, so there’s no clarification there.
Is FR turning into DU? all this week Freepers have been posting articles from Politico, Rolling Stone, The Atlantic, The Nation, and quoting Dana Millbank to trash Boehner, now Naomi Wolf is an authority?
Good lord am I in a parallel universe?
Wolf is a died in the wool feminist.
A friend of a friend told me of a couple who´ve had a great monogamous marriage through porn goin’ on near 40 years.
¨Yes. Well, I guess people do those things.¨
I think someone posted this a few weeks ago.
“Doubt it, does anyone know how to keep squirrels off your desk,????”
Have you tried the Binford 3000 squirrel remover? Arghhh arghhh arghhh.
porn ping
Like that never has happened before in history.
Here's an idea: why not elect people we can actually respect and even look up to instead of sleaze bags whose morals and habits make them utterly temptable and totally vulnerable to blackmail and worthy of nothing more than our disgust?
Might as well start now.
Proverbs 5 is really good for this subject.
A friend of a friend told me of a couple who´ve had a great monogamous marriage through porn goin’ on near 40 years.
Monogamous in name only. If you have to have porn to keep the sex interesting, then you are not really trying or your brain is overstimulated by porn.
She later won the local county beauty contest. She deserved it too.
Rats. I thought the punch line was going to be "and later, it was learned that she was gay." heh
people not wearing a whole lot (ie bikinis) is not very classy to say the least,
people being vain and trying to be overly alluring (ie too much makeup, too much money on clothes, too much thought/effort on appearance in general) is bad/sinful,
porn/nudity is really bad/ really sinful,
Cowboy hats are awesome.
Your thought on above mentioned items? This is a topic I've long wondered about as well.
This thread is no good without pictures.
And the palm of which ever hand they use to....ahem...gets hairy. My grandmother never let me sleep with my hands under the sheets. Always had to be visible.
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