tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9124539381685751273.post1510638169541597331..comments2023-06-19T04:35:06.263-07:00Comments on Skeptic's Play: Making fun of sexualities: godless editionmillerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05990852054891771988noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9124539381685751273.post-68783109601289261272015-03-16T15:17:38.327-07:002015-03-16T15:17:38.327-07:00Well I know Laci Green used to post videos exclusi...Well I know Laci Green used to post videos exclusively about atheism (she was a former Mormon) and then completely shifted to sex-positivity as her topic, and that's how I, already an atheist, really became acquainted with the whole "sex-positivity" movement. I had been following her atheism vlogging and got sucked in when she changed gears.<br /><br />I also had a boyfriend who was an atheist and he too seemed fully on board with the idea of sex-positivity. We ended up breaking up because I realized that I was asexual, but to his credit I think he maintained a sex-positive and respectful view toward asexuality from the very beginning of me revealing to him that I feared that label might fit me (which was immediately after we shared our first kiss, lol, before we even officially decided to call each other boyfriend/girlfriend). The only self-identified "sex positive" people I've talked to in real life are him and my dad and brother, and all 3 guys have also been very open-minded and willing to learn and accept the ideas of asexuality. They also are not remotely the type to make bigoted jokes, or rape jokes, or anything like that. ;) That is only my own personal experience with a few people, of course, and I don't think it really means much because it's such a limited sample size, but I just thought I'd share, lol...<br /><br />I think my whole life I kind of already was fairly sex-positive, just like I always had a basic scientific skeptic's viewpoint on things, even before I knew the term for it. To some degree, most of what the sex-positivity movement encompasses (all of what you listed I'd agree with) seem to me to be conclusions you would come to if you exampled sexuality from a scientific skeptic viewpoint, so perhaps that is what the scientific skeptic atheists so often seem to be sex-positive types.millerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05990852054891771988noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9124539381685751273.post-6830663944595475022015-03-16T15:17:36.963-07:002015-03-16T15:17:36.963-07:00You're right, I don't know whether the peo...You're right, I don't know whether the people described are "sex-positive", and was simply generalizing based on my sense that sex-positivity is pervasive among atheists. I would characterize "sex-positive" as a collection of positions including pro-LGB, pro-choice, pro-contraception, pro-porn, and (usually) legalizing sex work.millerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05990852054891771988noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9124539381685751273.post-19822784872488420992014-03-11T09:13:59.686-07:002014-03-11T09:13:59.686-07:00I really enjoyed this post. I agree with every poi...I really enjoyed this post. I agree with every point, although I'm not sure all of the people who do these things consider themselves "sex positive"? I mean I don't remember Christopher Hitchens being known as a sex-positive person and I'd find it hard to believe the people who edit pictures of Ann Coulter and try to point out where they believe they see an "Adam's Apple" actually are all that accepting of *any* MtF people.<br /><br /><br />But I get the gist.millerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05990852054891771988noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9124539381685751273.post-17611472518085281982012-01-04T11:13:09.637-08:002012-01-04T11:13:09.637-08:00If you don't need God in order to be a good pe...If you don't need God in order to be a good person (mocking others is not good), then why not BE a good person?<br /><br />Good post.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com