I don't like that all the Sexualization stuff is negative, while the other circles have good and bad aspects. Was that mismatch addressed at all?
I'd be interested in hearing more about why it bothers you. Is it because you think there are positive aspects to sexualization, or because you don't like the idea of one of the components of sexuality being entirely negative (or at least, having negative components throughout)? Or something else?
I think that coercive/manipulative/exploitative aspects of sex are just a reality in our culture, and probably in all cultures. Even if we avoid overt sexual violence, there are such powerful messages throughout society to treat sex as a commodity, a competition, an achievement, a bargaining chip. I think they inevitably shape our sexuality to some extent.
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Date: 2007-10-24 01:22 pm (UTC)I'd be interested in hearing more about why it bothers you. Is it because you think there are positive aspects to sexualization, or because you don't like the idea of one of the components of sexuality being entirely negative (or at least, having negative components throughout)? Or something else?
I think that coercive/manipulative/exploitative aspects of sex are just a reality in our culture, and probably in all cultures. Even if we avoid overt sexual violence, there are such powerful messages throughout society to treat sex as a commodity, a competition, an achievement, a bargaining chip. I think they inevitably shape our sexuality to some extent.