““Men have sacrificed and crippled themselves physically and emotionally to feed, house, and protect women and children. None of their pain or achievement is registered in feminist rhetoric, which portrays men as oppressive and callous exploiters.””
     — Camille Paglia

Tags: Camille Paglia ∙ men ∙ memes ∙ sacrifice ∙ cripple ∙ feed ∙ house ∙ protect ∙ women ∙ children ∙ pain ∙ achievement ∙ feminist ∙ rhetoric ∙ oppressive ∙ callous ∙ exploiters

❝❝You’re not entitled because of your pain. The world is full of pain. You can’t demand charity.

The world needs heroes more than it needs victims.❞❞
     — NeoWayland

Tags: maxims ∙ entitled ∙ pain ∙ hero ∙ victimhood

❝❝To ease your pain and shame, share it separately with three people you trust.❞❞
     — NeoWayland

Tags: maxims ∙ shame ∙ pain ∙ trust

❝❝There I admit we get into some speculation. We can't isolate the culture from the genetics. Not to mention that Really Big Assumption that you are either straight OR gay forever and ever, amen.

We can't say how much a person's sexual orientation depends on their conditioning, religious beliefs, cultural standards, rebellion, stress, pain, or pleasure. These factors can't be eliminated.

Basically all we have to work with is observations and we don't know how much is because of the biology and how much is because of the mind. That means in turn that any discussion of sex is going to bog down really quickly in ideas that can't be quantified.

Thank the gods the same can't be said for the act!❞ class="ghoster">❞

NeoNotes are the selected comments that I made on other boards, in email, or in response to articles where I could not respond directly.

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Tags: straight ∙ gay ∙ pleasure ∙ sexual orientation ∙ pain ∙ rebellion ∙ stress ∙ commenting ∙ mind ∙ sex ∙ biology ∙ observations ∙ cultural standards ∙ conditioning ∙ religious beliefs

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