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• I've been asked to post this for Trinity, who's having a hard time with the XML on this site for some reason: ============= The problem that I have is that "examination" is expected to go a certain way. When I
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• I think it's best to think of "squick" as just being a compact way to say "I am put off by this at a visceral level." It might sound mean, but it's describing an involuntary reaction, so it's actually value-neutral.
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• He called it "contextualizing", but really, I think it's the opposite: ignoring context to apply a rule-of-thumb. It certainly simplifies things, but in the end, it's essentially relying on a stereotype instead of exploring an individual situation. It's definitely true
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• Here's where your objection falls apart for me: I do not class BDSM or any other kink as a sort of core fundamental characteristic and thus above criticism in that way. Well, hurrah for you and your classification, but your
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• I guess you missed the point of me laying out my self-examination and asking you to come up with a better theory: I didn't just declare it inexplicable. It IS inexplicable... I demonstrated its inexplicability to you. I didn't arbitrarily
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• No one else has asked you any questions either, I thought you wanted to "discuss why what happens in bedrooms in neither purely sexual nor acceptable." I also thought you said you were going to provide some answers rather than (posted to BDSM: Individualism andthe problem of treating Women as a monolith)
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• I went to a spectacular shower a few years ago. The expectant mother and her partners had made a plaster cast of her belly earlier and we got to decorate it. We also painted onesies to outfit the child for (posted to Observations from a Baby Shower)
• motherhood is so good. If you are not ready you definitely do not need to do it. There is so much responsibility with parenthood. Its just a wonderful thing. cruises travel information vacation rentals information cruising sailing information world travel (posted to Observations from a Baby Shower)
• It's possible someone's said this in the 900 comments I didnt read; but I just wanted to say thank you. Feminism is a huge part of my life, but I still love BDSM. I've tried not to, for a long (posted to Examining the Examination of BDSM)

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