Phil N. Molé: “Given the continuing resistance to gay marriage, and frequent attacks on the rights and characters of bisexuals and homosexuals, I’ve found myself thinking a lot about homophobia lately. I’ve been thinking about the reasons for this intolerance, and why it remains so common.
Among secularists and atheists, it often seems to be thought that homophobia is simply a matter of religious faith. People are supposedly homophobic because their religion tells them any sexual preference other than heterosexuality is sinful, or because they have general repressed attitudes about sexuality that stem from religious belief. But while religion definitely contributes to and enforces homophobia, it can’t reasonably be considered the cause of homophobia. For one thing, plenty of non-religious people are very homophobic. For another, religions get their characters from the societies in which they’re found, so we have to look at the norms of those societies if we want to understand where homophobia comes from.
Homophobia is a consequence of heterosexism, which is the idea that heterosexuality is the normal or “default” sexual preference…”
@Sandra: rediscover your core, your true self. Leave behind stuff that hinders inner growth. Understand that based on our primal nature we are leaders not followers. Inform yourself, expand you knowledge and your awareness, the way it is being done on this and other sensitive subject threads and other sites, boards, blogs, etc.
Read some Riane Eisler who knows a lot about what she calls the dominator system, Merlin Stone, Stephanie Vermeulen, Catherine Blackledge. If you feel that their books speak to you…
Phil N. Molé: “Wishes that people (by which I mean, mostly men) would stop feeling the need to bring up male circumcision every time there’s a discussion of female genital mutilation (FGM). It might seem “fair” and “equal” to you to do so, but it’s not. That’s because the two procedures are widely, signficantly different in terms of harm done, in terms of the reasons for the procedure, and in terms of the larger cultural background of FGM, which is about controlling and suppressing women. Those who want to discuss issues with male circumcision have every right to, but they should do it without hijacking discussions of a very serious women’s issue.”
The pronounced labia took the attention off the much feared clitoris, visually reducing the size of the demonized part that sticks out, giving the vulva an accommodating and passive look in stark contrast to the aggressive look of an erect (and often mutilated) penis, together serving the patriarchal ideology of opposite genders.
Natural News: “Protein requirements set out by the World Health Organization (WHO) range from a minimum of 0.45 grams of protein per kilogram of ideal body weight to 0.8 grams protein per kilogram. It may increase 1 gram for endurance athletes. One pound equals 0.45 kilograms, so a 150 pound person would weigh about 68 kilograms. Excess protein can cause severe health issues such as dehydration and kidney failure.”
Phil N. Molé: “Ayaan Hirsi Ali speaks here about the initial support by the American Association of Pediatrics for the proposed practice of “genital nicking” of girls, meant as a “compromise” to American Muslim parents who want to acknowledge the practice of female genital cutting. Thankfully, the AAP has dropped its initial support due to protest. Ayaan Hirsi Ali will be on Stephen Colbert tonight, so be sure to watch.”
The pulling activity points out to the likelihood of ancestral women having pulled on their authentic clitorises for masturbatory purposes in the same way this is still done by males.
Because the inner labia are attached to the clitoral prepuce and together with the outer and inner clitoris constitute one organ, the pulling and resulting sensation would occur in our archaic ancestress whenever they experienced clitoral engorgement, which would stretch the inner labia due to the originally greater thickness and length of the authentic clitoris.
@Chris: I hope that by beasts you don’t mean animals. Humans in fact are animals. The difference is that wild animals practice natural sexual behavior and humans do not. The result is the perversion of human sexuality. One example is sadism (rape, humiliation, degradation, etc.) or the intention to inflict psychological, emotional and/or physical pain. Another is masochism or the submission to sadism.
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@Amen: exactly. If every case of child genital mutilation were to be reported as a crime to the police accompanied with criminal charges in accordance to various laws against assault, child sexual abuse, torture, etc. it would cease to be practiced.
Normally I don’t play matchmaker but this guy has such a unique wish that I simply could not resist. Here is what he is looking for:
A “feminine woman” who is also “beautiful, very liberal and aware that the sexism in our culture MUST change. A confident, brilliant, playful Female, perhaps even a female supremacist, who finds joy in a male who puts her pleasure before his own interest.”
LOL!! It certainly appears to be so. In modern terms ‘it’ would be described as a psychopathic anti-social sadomasochistic pedophilic pathological liar-pervert provided with holy BS immunity from criminal prosecution by likeminded law enforcement, political and business representatives.
Cold water was sometimes used to numb the flesh (comparable to the later Christian baptizing). The foreskin would be completely cut or burned off, or the underside of the penis would be sliced lengthwise (sub-incision) to bare the resemblance of a vulva, making sacrificial bloodletting a part of the initiation ritual.
This is not going anywhere.
The number one fact is that children have individual rights requiring consent.
Number two: this constitutes brutal assault which at such an early age results in lifelong trauma.
So you have PTSD, dissociation, and countless other psychological and emotional issues, in addition to the fact that the subconscious mind stores everything that occurs over the course of one’s lifetime, including the later parts of embryonic development.
Boys too were circumcised in a religious initiation ritual, and in rare cases castrated. The foreskin was said to be feminizing, preventing the boys from becoming men.
For survival, women learned to ignore the pain and inner conflict of their contradictory existence, and accept their systematic disempowerment on all levels as reality, going as far as embracing this spread of mental and physical disease as a normal part of human maturation.
@Christian: we are not slaves, just intellectually lazy, fearful followers who don’t realize our individual power.
Governments and big business only pretend and attempt to lead the ‘masses’ and do so for as long as it works. Meaning it can be changed by the majority (‘masses’) any time.
Any and all individuals decide for themselves whether they are leaders or followers based on how they choose to view themselves.
I still think that girls/women/mothers don’t value themselves enough. At this time the laws are more or less in our favor but our attitudes toward ourselves aren’t, because like I said, it’s an ongoing cycle.
I think that it’s important to pay attention to the fact that just because women act and speak as if they are confident/fulfilled, doesn’t mean that it is so underneath the surface. I think we have a long way to go.
Genetic inheritance (‘tendencies’), lack of unconditional love/protection (primarily) on part of the mother, overall upbringing (environment, learned behavior) rooted in unnatural ‘order’ and consecutive ‘obedience’; as well as human (mammalian) nature/survival instinct. When you look at all of the three combined you see that we act in ways we think we should in order to survive, be accepted by society, etc.
Why don’t you put a creative crew together with science fiction writers to write books, short stories, and scripts about stories you envision relating to what life would be like in a Venus city.
The comparative statistic clearly shows that the health claims about the benefits of this sadomasochistic live skinning of male infant genitals are pure propaganda on part of medical, religious and political institutions whose present and future income and influence depend on the maintenance of ignorance and primitivism.
It seems that in addition to gluten (wild and domesticated grains, rice, etc.), were never meant to become such a big part of the human diet or otherwise they would have been consumed long before 15,000 BP.
Inspire research, new perspectives and interpretations of female sexuality, sexual function and pleasure.
Incorporate the clitoris (pleasure) and female orgasm (satisfaction) into the context of women’s health, starting at birth.
Katarina Nolte, first time author. I have been reading about sexuality since I was 11, which this month will make 28 years of hobby research on the subject.
Only over the past 10 years have I really learned more about the clitoris, and the more I learn, the more obvious it becomes that as women, we are unfortunately not equal partners in sexual matters.
Facebook: “Phil N. Molé” – Thoughts on Homophobia
Phil N. Molé: “Given the continuing resistance to gay marriage, and frequent attacks on the rights and characters of bisexuals and homosexuals, I’ve found myself thinking a lot about homophobia lately. I’ve been thinking about the reasons for this intolerance, and why it remains so common.
Among secularists and atheists, it often seems to be thought that homophobia is simply a matter of religious faith. People are supposedly homophobic because their religion tells them any sexual preference other than heterosexuality is sinful, or because they have general repressed attitudes about sexuality that stem from religious belief. But while religion definitely contributes to and enforces homophobia, it can’t reasonably be considered the cause of homophobia. For one thing, plenty of non-religious people are very homophobic. For another, religions get their characters from the societies in which they’re found, so we have to look at the norms of those societies if we want to understand where homophobia comes from.
Homophobia is a consequence of heterosexism, which is the idea that heterosexuality is the normal or “default” sexual preference…”