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"If
I am not for myself, who will be?
And if I am for myself alone, then what am I?
And if not now, when?"
Rabbi Hillel, Pirke
Avot 1:14
Almost
half the calls I get, both on my weekly call-in show
and for private
sex therapy, are from men and women who want to know if moderate masturbation
is "normal" or "okay." I tell them to check and see if
they've grown any hair on their palms. Gotcha to look! I agree with George
Carlin: "If God had intended us not to masturbate, (s)he would have made
our arms shorter."
And I think more and more people are in agreement with us. Little by little,
mostly in baby steps, but occasionally in great socio-philosophical leaps
and bounds, we are evolving as individuals, and as cultures. Sometimes we
take a step backward, but we are opening up to who we really are, sexually
and otherwise. We are more accepting of ourselves and others, as long as we
are not infringing on others' rights or privacy. We are more tolerant of sexual
diversity, and less accepting of sexual stupidity. We are becoming Ethical
Hedonists.
Of course, not all of us are. The forces aligned against the Ethical
Hedonists--the Unethical Puritans, the Anti-Sex Terrorists--are all around
us, on the Right and on the Left, using our sexuality against us, blaming
us for their own misery, seeking vengeance against us, waving the battle flag
of their own ignorance.
Ethical Hedonists are, by nature, pacifists. But inevitably, we are called
upon--or forced--to fight to defend our freedoms, our pleasures, our ethics
or our friends. Sometimes we have to fight for our lives. Sometimes we have
to escape the battlefield, and find a place where it is safe to live and love.
Whatever
we do, we must try our best never to betray our comrades in lust.
Scene
from our Eros Day Passion Play
Know Thy Sex
Get
Sex Educated
Education is power. Sex education is sexual power. The power to attract and
cultivate healthy, exciting relationships, the power to understand and partake
in the pervasive sexual dynamics of life, the power to give and receive pleasure,
the power to love and be loved.
Why do we all need a good sex education? Because repression relies on ignorance. We need education in the sexual sciences to wipe out damaging, sometimes-deadly superstitions and misinformation. We need education in the sexual arts to help improve our erotic lives and to keep our families intact. We need education in sexual psychology and philosophy to help us determine our true sexual nature and cultivate it in a fulfilling, responsible manner.
study your history, get your M.B.A., J.D., or Ph.D. They’re
all important. But get smart about sex.
I
practice the Montessori
Method of Sex Education, also called the Mary Poppins Method, that
is, a spoonful of sugar helps the medicine go down. Nothing wrong with
a little titillation if it helps you to swallow important information.
For more on my mission, go to my Missionary
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