Re: [UUPoly-L] Last Post

[SESpruiell@aol.com]

In a message dated 12/20/2007 12:01:07 P.M. Eastern Standard Time, Jay  
Marcus writes:

Again, I  don't need a bunch of links or studies to prove my point, just good 
old  empirical data. I submit that due to the unrealistic portrayal of women, 
their  objectification as nothing but sexual creatures and the prevalence of 
so much  porn (internet and print) that the boys/men just don't need the 
hassle of a  relationship when they can have it all online without playing the 
courting  game. 
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First of all women ARE sexual creatures.  That is not the be and all  of it 
but thank G-D that they are.  
(Btw, men are sexual creatures too.)  I say that a little  objectification 
within boundaries is healthy.  What makes it unhealthy is  our collective 
inherited Puritan heritage.  As for Internet and print porn  trumping actual 
relationships, the Net and Porn is not having it all.   Nothing beats physical 
contact, besides, I personally consider the courting game  to be fun.
 
Of course the portrayal of women in porn (and cultural media btw) is  
unrealistic.  Pornography is FANTASY.  So are the movies and  television.  The 
problem comes when people confuse fantasy with  reality.  In real life, people have 
warts, rolls, blemishes and  baggage.  Dealing with these realities are part 
and parcel of  relationships. 
 
Frankly, I wouldn't miss it for the world.
 
 
Selah Eric Spruiell






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