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- From: turpin@cs.utexas.EDU (Russell Turpin)
- Subject: On casual discussion of sex (was: Someone Convince Me)
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- Date: 27 Jan 93 19:05:20 GMT
- References: <1993Jan19.193020.16882@vax5.cit.cornell.edu> <1993Jan23.155518.27659@wam.umd.edu> <bob1.727998758@cos>
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- In article <bob1.727998758@cos> bob1@cos.COM (Bob Blackshaw) writes:
- > Sex, like breathing, is part of living. When was the last
- > time you saw a magazine, talk show, etc. devoted to 'How to
- > breathe'.
-
- This is a recurring topic on shows and in magazines
- that have various features on health. "How to breathe
- right" is a theme that is discussed in relation to
- general health, and with regard to sports from yoga
- to swimming.
-
- > ... But if it comes to the point where what goes on [sexually]
- > is shown on prime time, then I still believe we are screwed
- > up on the subject.
-
- Maybe so. But if so, why? I think the analogy to
- breathing fails miserably. Breathing, exercise, diet,
- emotional disturbance, etc. etc. are each a "part of
- living" that serves as grist for the talkshows. How
- does it show that "we are screwed up on the subject"
- of sex because it, like these other parts of living,
- also gets ground in the same mill?
-
- Russell
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