V5040U%TEMPLEVM.BITNET@MITVMA.MIT.EDU (Russell Erik Johannesson) (02/20/90)
>From: Christopher.Young@ISL1.RI.CMU.EDU >1. You certainly ask a private question here. I offered to run the discussion privately. >6. Why are feces so important to you? I know that, of anything to do with anal sex, shit will likely not be addressed. To prevent an incomplete discussion, I specified shit as a topic of interest. It would be silly to deny that shit and anal sex are often linked in popular discourse, and we can't simply ignore that facet. >7. Why do you want to now all this exactly? It seems important to me that we discuss sexual issues, even if only by private E-mail. ---Russell Russell Erik Johannesson 1250 West Cecil B. Moore Avenue W610 Philadelphia, PA 19122 (215-)765-9479 V5040U @ TEMPLEVM (BITNet) v5040u @ vm.temple.edu (InterNet)
Christopher.Young@ISL1.RI.CMU.EDU (02/20/90)
>>6. Why are feces so important to you? > > I know that, of anything to do with anal sex, shit will likely not be >addressed. To prevent an incomplete discussion, I specified shit as a topic >of interest. It would be silly to deny that shit and anal sex are often >linked in popular discourse, and we can't simply ignore that facet. I believe in your question you said "more importantly" what about shit. It is not that important, as I think many people have noted. Further, it is not clear to me that the two are often linked in popular discourse (indeed, I could hardly call this topic one of popular discourse). But it can't be true that shit is both not likely not to come up in the conversation and at the same time commonly linked in popular discourse on the subject. Further, why can't we ignore it? It hardly every plays a role, and it certainly isn't the main attraction for the vast majority you practise such an act. Anyway, it seems you got your answer there. >>7. Why do you want to now all this exactly? > > It seems important to me that we discuss sexual issues, even if only by >private E-mail. > >---Russell I guess it's just me, but I have a difficult time taking such a conversation seriously anyway. I more or less answered the question because I was in a general what-the-hell mood anyway. Why is this an important issue? Perhaps you have a good reason, but it is not clear to me why the topic is of inherent interest or importance. And I somehow think lesbians will find the topic particularily droll (any lesbians out there care to offer an opinion?) Now it you want to talk about sexual issues, that's one thing. But to me this really isn't a sexual issue as such; rather, it is a discussion of methods and styles, of a particular sex activity. Sexual issues, to me, involve things like why we are motivated towards sex, what makes us feel sexual (as in lighting, environment, psychology, etc), what complications arise in different sexual settings, perhaps certain general sexual "scenes" and these types of things. These are topics to which lesbians and gay men can probably both relate. The actual sex act is, I think, not so relevant nor is it a real sexual issue. And perhaps it is not so interesting. Anyway, I didn't notice you offered this topic on a private list. Perhaps that is best in that it seems such a narrow focus of interest, though for me, I can always just delete the thread anyway. -- Chris.