tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2770580070906411828.post3963375137290272624..comments2024-03-22T05:55:48.117-04:00Comments on The Pervocracy: Sexy and sex.Cliff Pervocracyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02080142422250604406noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2770580070906411828.post-13904364656429398122009-08-05T21:30:16.887-04:002009-08-05T21:30:16.887-04:00Brock - I'm not saying that talking about sex ...Brock - I'm not saying that talking about sex <i>is</i> necessarily a sexual act, just that our anxiety that it might be sexual makes us goofy and awkward about it.Cliff Pervocracyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02080142422250604406noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2770580070906411828.post-28115466565371103512009-08-05T19:43:27.196-04:002009-08-05T19:43:27.196-04:00I've never really understood that type of reac...I've never really understood that type of reaction. But then again, my earliest exposure to sexuality was not other people's hushed, giggly conversations, but to matter-of-fact medical journals. This might be the reason why in the rare occasions when I talk about sex (it's not something that comes up that much) I do so with the same casualness as one would talk about the weather.Not Menoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2770580070906411828.post-7132310586619539582009-08-05T18:28:01.551-04:002009-08-05T18:28:01.551-04:00I took Physiology a few years back and, at one poi...I took Physiology a few years back and, at one point, the professor mentioned that there are lots of nerves clustered in the feet. She said, "Gals, there may be something to those foot massages," which was greeted with lots of blushing and giggling. You can imagine how the discussions about ACTUAL sex organs went.<br /><br />I guess it does alleviate some kind of tension to giggle about "naughty bits". And to be honest, I think it'd be kinda hot if all those girls were getting horny at the thought of a foot massage. But that's not the case. I've never had a class where discussions about reproductive systems veered far enough from the clinical to ever become arousing (unless you have some kind of fetish for classifying or dissecting things...live and let live, I say). So, it's probably fear and embarrassment that causes the giggles, which is too bad. It does make it difficult to have an intelligent conversation about sexuality when people are always cracking up (and sometimes it doesn't have to be about sexuality...I've heard giggles at the mention of the penal system). And, I have to admit, I think penises are funny and I actually have one.Brock F'in Samsonhttp://brock-fn-samson.livejournal.com/noreply@blogger.com