Is it really? I mean, yes, it is, but even the “sex is good” section only goes so far as to say “don’t do the things that make it bad”. That feels rather lukewarm compared with the usual view of sex as Best Thing Evar.
In contrast, “Exercise is good, actually” had something to say about the positive joy of movement. Not as much as it might, but some of the comments filled that out.
Look, I would love to write something that just says “fucking is good” but if I do that someone will say “what about rape?, what about pedophilia?”. Unlike, say, exercise, sex is at the center of the culture war, so I have to be more cautious to talk about sex than exercise.
Someone probably could have read that exercise is good and gone out and hurt themselves or someone else doing it. I didn’t worry because people are reasonable and won’t come after me about it. If I say that sex is good and don’t acknowledge the complications and someone uses this post as an excuse to do something reprehensible, someone will come at me.
So this post can’t have the same punch because the topic is different, and I’m a coward.
Is it really? I mean, yes, it is, but even the “sex is good” section only goes so far as to say “don’t do the things that make it bad”. That feels rather lukewarm compared with the usual view of sex as Best Thing Evar.
In contrast, “Exercise is good, actually” had something to say about the positive joy of movement. Not as much as it might, but some of the comments filled that out.
Look, I would love to write something that just says “fucking is good” but if I do that someone will say “what about rape?, what about pedophilia?”. Unlike, say, exercise, sex is at the center of the culture war, so I have to be more cautious to talk about sex than exercise.
Someone probably could have read that exercise is good and gone out and hurt themselves or someone else doing it. I didn’t worry because people are reasonable and won’t come after me about it. If I say that sex is good and don’t acknowledge the complications and someone uses this post as an excuse to do something reprehensible, someone will come at me.
So this post can’t have the same punch because the topic is different, and I’m a coward.