Do you agree that sex is a double edged sword?


Hi everyone.

I was wondering, in the light of watching this movie but also other similar circumstances, do you, personally, agree that sex, in life in our humanity, is a double edged sword in a sense that, it can be both a wonderful thing and something that has terribly undesireable consequences - and I heard that, extreme offenses aside, it can also be bad and harmful even if full consent from both parties has been present AND that both parties are in the mature adult age-of-consent-related category.

Based on that, can we all agree that, whilst there maybe OTHER things in life, that ALSO have law and morality attached to it to boot, that can be wonderful in some circumstances and harmful in others, sex, in that sense, is arguably THE biggest double-edged sword out there in the world.

The fact that we human beings all have DIFFERENT OPINIONS on it is also what makes it as such. (And yes, that sadly does include, different opinions on various kinds of sexual offenses too - not that I, without meaning to show off, a mature, intelligent, empathetic, kind and life-experienced individual would even REMOTELY agree with those who defend or in some or other ways DON'T condemn sexual offenses of ANY kind.)

But does that not amaze you just how much it is both possible to use sex for enjoyment and to cause harm to someone, and in many ways, it also depends on whether or not a person WANTS to have sex, because beside it being a criminal offense and you know what when it is done to someone who doesn't want it, one cannot JUST have sex when he or she doesn't want it and remain fine in a sense that, say, they can eat a piece of food when they don't want to and not remain traumatized for life and even more than that - remain HAPPY. (Though I am aware that there IS also a thing called "force-feeding" that is terribly harmful AND a crime, it is just probably not as common as that of a sex offense in life.)

(And some people wonder why, for example, in "Disclosure" (1994) Michael Douglas' character doesn't just happily go along with the flow when Demi Moore in it aggressively asserts herself in that way on him, even though she does look good AND was his ex-lover on top.)

By the way folks, have you ever done something in your life when you didn't want it? And how did it feel?

And another thing - how different is sex in real life to say, fictional Hollywood (and non as such) erotic MOVIES?

So do we all agree then that sex in life in our humanity is a double edged sword and that it can be both beneficial and harmful - even on some occasions where consent was present fully and both parties were adults? Regardless of what law, morality, people and religions say - is it a double edged sword?

And is the fact that to this day with me being nearly 30 years old I never had it (sex) speak volume of the fact that you really have to be ready to have it at least on a purely PERSONAL level, right? Let's discuss, thanks, and please let's try not to be too emotional or provocative or preachy here, thanks. I respect all laws and well beings of others, yes, but I sometimes get tired when people enforce TOO much morality on internet discussion boards - cause I wanna be able to calmly and intelligently debate issues and I often pause and think when saying something groundbreaking rather than just calmly going with the flow. Many thanks!

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Maybe you should just go to the army surplus and buy a "double edge sword".

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