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Get over yourselves already. Don’t think you’re better than everybody else because you don’t talk about having sex or how much you do or don’t enjoy it. You’re all down and dirty like the rest of us.
—pleased daily
This article appears in Oct 15-21, 2009.
11 Comments
This comment must have been taken directly from the workers on the Hill.
There’s a difference being a prude and having class, OP.
They don’t talk about sex…., where?
My thoughts exactly NGF! Just because one does not broadcast intimate and private details does indicate a lack of action but rather allows an appropriate amount of discretion!
and just what planet did you say you just came from? sex talk,one way or another, is a fact of life. learn to live with it, or go back to your home planet, where ever the hell that is.
At least they’re not a tactless asshole.
Damn straight! I’m with the OP on this one. North Americans are overall way too prudish when it comes to sex in my opinion. You don’t get these types of attitudes so much in Europe and Australia.
Do you mean open discussions about sex in general, or personal details about a person’s sex life? If it’s the former, than yes, that’s good, it shouldn’t be hidden like it’s a bad thing to talk about. If you’re talking the latter, well, that’s none of your business. There’s a difference between prudishness and privacy.
Oh, ho hum, the big taboo. I want to hear about someone’s sex life like I want to boil and eat paperclips. Slot A goes into Slot B – fuck, I can’t think of anything more boring (ha-ha) than discussing sex. Been there, done that and have a couple of holes I can’t account for.
There’s a difference between getting down and being dirty. I’m with TTFN on this one. Talking about sex clinically is one thing, but sharing personal details is quite another. I have images in my head that should have never been put there, and I just can’t seem to shake them loose (obese sister-in-law and her scawny, little husband doing things I really, really didn’t need to know about).
Fair comments, we don’t need all the gory details or people bragging about their sex lives, but at the same time people shouldn’t be so stuck-up when talking about and enjoying sex. So are we all in agreement? OK, good!