Originally posted by BlackMageMario
Also, the problem with multiple sexual partners is the spread of STDs. There are plenty of people I know who just can't stand sex with protection, and that's a big part of how STDs get around.If I'm being honest, I have problems with guys and girls who sleep with a lot of other people. I don't think it's right, but that's my view. I wouldn't harass someone over it however... I just think it wouldn't look good (within reason. If a person has had a lot of actual relationships, not just sexual ones and one-night stands, then I wouldn't have a problem, I guess). People who harass others like that are just assholes, and it does seem to happen to more girls than boys.
Apart from that, I agree with you and I find it morally wrong, but I don't judge a person on their sexual activity unless it's going to impact me personally (e.g. having to worry about being cheated on or getting a disease that could potentially result in my death.)
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Yeah, and people are becoming sexually active and expressive younger than what society sets the bar at. Remember Jessi Slaughter and how she was 11 or so when she showed pictures of her breasts online at her own will, and then what happened to her after that? Not only does it bait pedophiles, it baits bullying. (It also baits online justice, but with some of it crossing the threshold into harassment, the person and the media often loses sight of the lesson and focuses on the threats and insults.) It wasn't uncommon in the days of ancient Rome and Greece for young women to be involved in sex. Now it's a social taboo (AND it's illegal!!) because it's known what kind of impact sex can have on the mind and body of a very young person. There's also the fact that if you're too young for a job, you probably can't support a baby with your own resources and therefore are a burden. The ubiquity of sex in the media makes me believe sex education and the dangers of sharing l3wds and n00ds should be taught much earlier in schools than it is.Pretty much, it seems. I don't know why - but I think it's down to societal pressures and how women are more constrained because of this and are expected to not... go around as much as men (though those attitudes are clearly changing in the younger generation - now everybody fucks everybody :v).
Sex as a status symbol is just the dumbest thing I've ever heard, but school kids will be school kids. -.-;
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Even in the wild, females end up having multiple partners. Some female animals wander alone and find a mate, get groovy, and go their separate ways, and the female will care for and protect their young until they're able to sustain themselves (or in some cases, the animals are on their own from the beginning.) Some animals do have their own societies, like lions having large prides, and the dominant male will pass his seed on to the females... but when that dominant male is challenged and defeated, the new alpha gets that honor for the next generation.The only reason I have to explain this from a historical point of view is biology and how it makes sense for a man to have lots of pathners so they can spread their gens around more and because men aren't really constrained in how many partners they can have, but it makes sense for a women biologically to only have one partner, since they can only have a limited amount of children. Of course, using biology as an excuse for anything tends to end badly.
The only thing I can pull from my statement above and apply universally to modern humanity is that our babies are incapable of surviving without care, and that won't change because it's a limitation of the infant's body. Cultures around the world have their own rules on these things and I can't vouch for how much of them have roots in nature because I only know my own culture. Honor killings (some of which are done in the name of controlling who a daughter has sexual relations with) are incredibly disturbing to me and I'd really like to know the origin of them.
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I, too, notice that unless the woman is batshit insane and trying to kill her children, the courts generally give custody of the kids to the mother. =/I agree. Men aren't exactly privilaged when it comes to access even their own children and divorce cases don't usually end well for men with children, even if they would probably be the better caretaker (although divorce is a hilariously terrible complex thing, and I wished that less marriages ended in divorce). In the end though, women do experience more sexism. We can't ignore sexism against men though.
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How many table-kuns have you had in your life?And this is probably the longest and most quote heavy post I've ever made that may/may not make me look smart/stupid/silly/omni-sexual.
Just look above you...
If it's something that can be stopped, then just try to stop it!