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Originally Posted by Johnny Soporno  Thanks for the feedback, presuming you're using the word 'interesting' in the positive sense, rather than in the "What did you think of her shoes?" "They were interesting" sense!  |
*laughter* Oh yes! Definitely interesting in the positive sense! I don't agree with everything, certainly, but the sociological theories as well as seeing what it takes to GET IN TO the straight male mind (your audience) was definitely interesting. Being a queer-identified bi-woman I can often relate to straight men (I have had a girlfriend with really bad PMS, I really really get that kind of thing!), but really really REALLY not get where they're coming from, so it's been interesting to me from an anthropological/cross-cultural perspective. I also really appreciate your appeal for the end of mysogyny on the basis of take some damn responsibility for your own sexual appeal. I most sincerely thank you for that.
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Originally Posted by Johnny Soporno Please forgive the MANY gross over-generalizations; my physical audience was a group of approximately one hundred men, aged 20-50, and I knew that if I were to have taken enough time to ensure adequate balance in my assessments, I would not be able to maintain the tempo necessary to remain engaging. |
Oh yes -- I already assumed it was a room full of straight men and that sometimes you have to generalize in order to teach. Forgiveness granted with ease!
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Originally Posted by Johnny Soporno As for the safety of semen facials, I am dedicated to a regimen of condom-use and aggressive hygiene, and am tested for a broad spectrum of STIs monthly, (for professional reasons, via AIM Healthcare - Home) thereby ensuring there is NO potential for transmission of anything. |
As a healthcare worker, I am always grateful to hear than anyone is devoted to condoms and being tested for
anything regularly, and once a month is just awesome! Thank you for the link, I look forward to looking more closely at that. Upon a quick look, and your comment about being tested for "professional reasons," I'm wondering - do you identify as a sex worker? I've only heard of you for a few days, so please forgive my forray into the possibly blindingly obvious.
What I've seen of you, it appears that you fall more into the categories of sex educator and motivational speaker. Is it more that you're involved with sex workers? Because that I would understand.
But still, facials, for me, fall into the cateogory of YKINMK. (For the rest of the forum, that's Your Kink is NOT My Kink.) Nothing morally wrong with it. Just hits my ick button on a fundamental level. It's the only thing I'm finding really challenging about listening to an otherwise really interesting program.
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Originally Posted by Johnny Soporno Good point - I hope more people will grab the free videos as a result of yours, Steve's & Erin's supportive comments! |
It's not just you -- I observed something similar about Steve & Erin's podcast. That they so clearly sounded in-sync and just light of spirit that listening to that sounded far, far less worrisome than the initial post on the topic of poly. (And while I supported them, loudly and
gleefully, from the get go, I still had some minor concerns until hearing them talk about it. I have, after all, seen people do poly very very badly. Not everyone is cut out for it.) Heck, my own writing style looks far more formal, most of the time, than my speaking style. I do use a lot of big words in real life -- but I also use muppet voices and cartoon-like sound effects.
Text is only a part of the story and it's always good to be reminded of that.