tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22324153.post7825223688381640177..comments2023-07-05T02:33:48.102-07:00Comments on Naked Sex (and) Politics: The dangerous child play of Facebookcrystal haidlhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11973558955667619432noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22324153.post-12378524512718002542010-12-17T13:24:46.670-08:002010-12-17T13:24:46.670-08:00It`s really interesting to reed. But all thk about...It`s really interesting to reed. But all thk about other. Why so?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22324153.post-10331498347345524232010-12-04T05:31:21.192-08:002010-12-04T05:31:21.192-08:00Andie, Thanks so much for commenting and appreciat...Andie, Thanks so much for commenting and appreciating the issue about censoring art and sensuality. I think it says something important that many of us from different perspectives are honestly concerned about how our children are perceiving sexuality through the media. I believe we women, through the nature of our bodies, understand the naturalness of our sensuality over the culturally pervasive lustfulness=naughty/daring sense of sexuality more than most men do. (Having said that, there are a good number of men who appreciate the sensuality. We need their voices more!)<br /><br />I'll definitely keep on reading surpriseofunfolding (love that "fun" spells into it!). I welcome any ideas you might have from a centrally-religious and/or teacher's perspective for our America's Sexuality Day 3/3/11's Theme "Are you sexually honest?". <br />Thanks again for the sharing and honesty in your blog.<br />Thoughtfully Unfolding is good!crystal haidlhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11973558955667619432noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22324153.post-84086102141055490262010-11-26T20:02:48.427-08:002010-11-26T20:02:48.427-08:00Thank you for the comments you left on my blog ......Thank you for the comments you left on my blog ... it's a lovely surprise to be discovered, and appreciated by, someone from a different walk of life than my own. I hadn't seen my "journey" in the same light as you reflected to me, and I value your perspective and sharing part of yourself with me.<br /><br />I've just had a chance to skim some of your blog and I'm impressed with you writing (and vocabulary)! While I may hold different views on sexuality (as I come from a more traditional-religious viewpoint), I think we both agree that sensuality and sexuality is a very important part of being human and a critical part of self-expression. I teach kids in the 12-14 age range and I wonder/worry about how they see and appreciate themselves in a world where sexuality seems to be made a commodity - cheapened, as i see it - instead of a vital and important part of who we are - worthy of being an extra dimension of our beings, instead of just a "whatever" that seems to be prsented.<br /><br />Although I myself am not interested in the 3-some theme, I find the image of the embracing couple that you posted to be quite beautiful. When I see what kids are exposed to in magazines, music videos, lyrics etc. - I would see many examples more damaging there than this image. I see tenderness and appreciation for the other - strength and vulnerability. <br /><br />I suppose each person sees their own interpretation. But to me this picture tells a story, and may lead to questions in kids old enough to ask, but I don't see it as offensive. Just my .02!<br /><br />AndieAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22324153.post-56440663088634306642010-10-13T08:36:20.557-07:002010-10-13T08:36:20.557-07:00Anonymous-- thanks for participating in this post....Anonymous-- thanks for participating in this post. As the founder of America's Sexuality Day -- I absolutely believe that everyone's view points are needed to truly understand each other and ourselves. For the record, I do not deem people "prudish" because they don't want to see certain images. There are many images I don't prefer seeing, myself. <br /><br />Everyone has the right, and I'll even say, responsibility to be honest to their own sexual character.. I respect that. BUT, someone voluntarily chose to venture onto my post and to infringe their beliefs over mine. Why? We don't know. Was it that it depicted a bi-racial coupling? Was it the threesome theme? Was it they just like to follow rules explicity, and decided to be a new age Mr Comstock, who busy-bodies themself into anything that they think might offend social mores?<br /><br />So, Yes. I posted the image on facebook and on this blog because understanding each of our own sexual experiences and desires is the gift we each can give to each other's expansion of knowledge and to further societal communion. Sex is personal, but it is societal by the very merit of sex usually including and affecting more than one person ( families; sexual health and abuse on communities, for instance) and it is political because the powers that be have always tried to control our individual sex and gender, as it deems it should. <br /><br />Facebook is a behometh that has woven itself into partnering with other sites and many of us have used it as our primary message and address book. The removal of one image = the removal of all the private messages and community visible comments a person places on other people's walls-- effectively severing ties with sometimes a few thousand people.<br /><br />When a huge company like Facebook, that has no other like-sized competitor, censors free speech it censors the ability for adults to understand each other, it prevents adults to fully know how to responsibly guide their children.<br /><br />I'll do a new post in the next week posing questions re the many conflicts against access to societal knowledge as seen between the Supreme Court's "community standards" effect on the 1st ammendment, and how huge corporate networks are too pervasively infused in our lives to be allowed "community standards" rights.crystal haidlhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11973558955667619432noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22324153.post-12211040998703686302010-10-10T06:04:44.082-07:002010-10-10T06:04:44.082-07:00I don't think facebook is necessarily dangerou...I don't think facebook is necessarily dangerous, nor trivial. With all due respect, if you don't like the rules, then don't play there. There are plenty of places to post your pics in a more private forum.<br />I've seen a lot of posts like this lately...people who like to post a lot of skin and then are greatly offended when everyone isn't in love with the image. Worse, they assume because someone is not interested in looking at these photos they are in some way prudish or less conscious. I don't understand the reason for posting them, actually. I think it's great that you had a wonderful experience, and I understand a desire to promote your book. But what drives the need in general to have others witness this on such a place as facebook? The need to prove it was "sacred"? to promote a personal recipe for enlightenment? Why are we so stuck on the body? Are you a better person, can you give a greater gift to humanity because of your experiences? This is what interests many people.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22324153.post-59873540933743418852010-10-09T09:02:24.583-07:002010-10-09T09:02:24.583-07:00I saw your blog linked from the ASD facebook page....I saw your blog linked from the ASD facebook page. If you're interested in some hosting that is not beholden to the interests of a bunch of idiots (anything other than child porn is fine by me), please send me an email to chimortis@gmail.com with your contact details and I'll get back to you.mdhhttp://mdh.name/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22324153.post-25890855160680470422010-10-08T05:44:34.023-07:002010-10-08T05:44:34.023-07:00Thanks, Buddy. I took a look at your personal blog...Thanks, Buddy. I took a look at your personal blog right now. I enjoyed your writing.<br /><br />It's interesting that Peggy Noonan, whom I often do not agree with, said in regards to the recent suicide of the Rutgers student-- whose sexual acts had been taped and published online by his roommate-- that it is time The Grownups address the lack of kindness in society. <br /><br />Maybe we Grownups, those who can see both sides of the fence, need to lovingly give that dog you mention some doggie education classes, so its tail wags with dog whisperer wisdom.crystal haidlhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11973558955667619432noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22324153.post-68771967009870500652010-10-08T04:48:19.626-07:002010-10-08T04:48:19.626-07:00Amen.
I'm afraid though that Facebook has be...Amen. <br /><br />I'm afraid though that Facebook has become so big and such a part of society that it has no other choice but to be driven by societal preponderance... the tail wags the dog.Buddy Engletthttp://www.benglett.comnoreply@blogger.com