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Hasty reply because I am between clips and only have a few minutes.
Thank you for elaborating. Yes, much of that, I do agree with. I believe in living life with a minimum of regrets, and in that regard, if a woman wants children and a family, that is a wonderful thing. I, personally, do not for an enormous combination of reasons but I respect those who do. Women shouldn't be shamed for making that choice. It's just when domesticity is the only option that it becomes problematic. I recognize the converse is true, which is exactly what you are pointing out i.e. that a woman has failed if she chooses to embrace traditional roles. I also never said that sex and gender doesn't matter, just that we should raise our little girls to be tougher rather than the limp-wristed "everyone gets a trophy" flavor of parenting that is endemic now, and that little girls should be encouraged to be bold and intelligent rather than coddled. I just wanted to clarify that. I get what you are saying, though.
Ha, and no, I understand the notion of sex as a commodity all too well. It isn't necessarily a bad thing, one just has to learn to use it. I don't know about reason vs. intuition-- I think both can be cultivated in either gender, and it is very dependent on individual personalities. I am similarly wired in that I am more logic-oriented, and I think it boils down to a combination of things. I think if a woman can leverage sensuality, intuition, and reason, she really has it made.
I have actually heard of Camille Paglia but haven't read anything of hers. I am always interested in differing points of view, though, so I will check her out. (I do really appreciate the recommendation.) I am an existentialist in the Camus sense at heart, which tinges most of my worldview and contributes to an appreciation of Beauvoir.
My copy is in Miami and I can't find Sexual Personae online to quote something from there, but here is Paglia talking about the thing I wanted to quote in an interview:
I talk about this in Chapter One of Sexual Personae, how a penis is like an extension, it's like your hand or your arm, it goes outward from you. You are testing things, you probe. Men when they urinate have this arc, they project outward, and they have to learn how to do it. Adulthood is learning how to aim, to focus, to make an arc of transcendance. Women merely water the ground they stand on.