Hey all! My name's Lyndsey and, to be honest, I am pretty new at this whole "blogging" thing. I think I used to have one of those xanga live journals a long lonnggg time ago (which was probably a total of like... five entries) and that's about the extent of my blog experiences. So forgive me if I seem like a little bit of an ammature. :]
I was going to write about the whole Sarah Palin "issue" that we discussed today, but since we talked about it so much in class, I figured I should probably pick a different topic. So I tried browsing through feministing.com and came across an interesting article that talks about the new terms "sex-positive" and "sex-negative" that are being used to describe what seems to me their views on sex in the media and just in general.
Even though I am not completely positive that I grasped the entire idea of the article since, after all, I am new to these terms that I never knew existed, I do think that the woman who wrote the article makes a valid point. Just because someone does not advertise their sexual history, or even lack-there-of, they should not be associated with a negative connotation in their stance towards sex. The terms "negative" and "positive" infer that one MUST be in COMPLETE support of pornography, sexual images of women in the media, careers in the sex industry, etc. in order to be associated with the "positive" connotation. Which is not how it should be. After reading one of the comments beneath the article, I had a better understanding of what the terms were supposedly meant for.
According to nightingale:
Sex-positives = "about supporting women's sexuality and our right to use our sexuality as we want."
Sex-negatives = "non-feminists. IE the people who go around saying sex is just for procreation, that most women only have sex to please their male partners, etc."
No matter what your viewpoint is, you shouldn't be put down because of it, that includes the feminists, non-feminists, the "sex-positives," the "sex-negatives". Just don't put other people's beliefs down or try to push your beliefs onto them. :]
<3 Lyndsey
16 years ago
5 comments:
I am new to this blogging also and am not sure of all the terminology but I don't think we should use all this lingo also judge people just accept them for who they are Don't judge a book by it's cover.
Great topic. I agree that she should not consider it a "negative" thing to be discreet about your sexuality. Women should use the sexuality in whatever way they want.
Sexuality should not be viewed negatively if we are "out of the norm." I find myself being judged alot because I am out of the norm. People need to be accepted for who they are not what they are.
I've never heard of these terms. It's weird that they are extremely different from each other. I don't think it's wrong for a woman to enjoy sex or even sexuality, but I think women should not use their sexuality as an exploit. I definitely agree with you, people are people and should not be put down because of their beliefs or opinions.
I believe that sexuality is a personal preference, you don't get made fun of for liking certain types of music, or liking certain foods, so why should people be ridiculed for sexual preferences if they are not trying to force their opinions onto others? People need to realize that we are in the 21st century and things are not as concervative as they used to be, whether they think this is good or bad, its something they need to accept.
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