Posted by one woman cine on April 24, 2007, at 8:01:17
In reply to Re: Question re:sex and honesty, posted by muffled on April 23, 2007, at 14:44:56
Intimacy and sex are not the same thing. At all. Imtimacy includes feeling nutured in a very physical way - being held, feeling good physically with someone else - sharing that feeling. You don't need to have to do that.
& sexuality is not dependent on someone else - it's about you. It's how you feel about yourself, how you identify yourself (thereby define yourself) in certain ways - things that make you feel good and things that don't. (ie - lying in bed with candles and incense and chocolate covered strawberries - could be an intimate experience with someone else); if that feels good to you - that could be an expression of your sexuality.
It's complicated muffled - but we as a society are very cut off from our physical/sensual selves and by extension - our sexuality. Everything is equated with sex and orgasm. Real life doesn't work that way.
& I find - especially in the states, that sex and the attending conversations are talked about in varying hues of shame.
So, thanks for getting the ball rolling.
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