@cheetah_spottycat Absolutely. Remember, though, our country was founded by uptight, superstitious, and patriarchial Puritans.
@farbel @cheetah_spottycat And puritanism is about control. They are authoritarian politics.
@cheetah_spottycat I agree with this on principal but my brain says ewwww sex yucky gross ๐Ÿคฎ๐Ÿคฎ๐Ÿคฎ so I'd be lying if I said I didn't appreciate when people keep it to themselves

@deadofwinter @cheetah_spottycat Yeah, it can be something youโ€™re not interested in finding out about or seeing, and I get that, but the examples given are ones where people are having their own sex lives being displayed in public without their permission in order to shame them. What OP is saying is that being sexual is not a bad thing or worthy of shame.

As an imperfect analogy, using the bathroom is nothing to be ashamed of, but most people close the door.

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What, no mire ribbing the "do as I say, not as I do" folks?
@cheetah_spottycat 100% this, hell, even hiring an escort shouldn't be career ruining.
@cheetah_spottycat The puritans are still getting their way, for reasons I can't begin to comprehend.

@cheetah_spottycat EXCEPT if it's a politician or priest or someone who's making money or fame off being puritan or homophobic or kink shaming, then we should all know what a hypocrite they are.

Edit: great clarification below from @katieashborn

@econads @cheetah_spottycat yes but in that case, the shame is in the hypocrisy, not in what they were doing behind closed doors
Fiji PM Sitiveni Rabuka dismisses Lynda Tabuya as minister after explicit video circulates online

Fijian MP Lynda Tabuya, who has been dismissed as a minister over the scandal, says she's been subjected to online gender-based violence by people circulating the video.

ABC News
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As it would turn out, people fuck, and that's ok

@cheetah_spottycat

Nothing wrong with a healthy sex life. As long as all involved are consenting adults with equal power over the situation, it's no one's business. I never understood all the focus on other people's private lives & why so many consider sex a worse "sin" than violence against others or allowing people to go without food, homes, health care, etc. In some cases, sex is the only happiness some people get. Let them enjoy!

@cheetah_spottycat As a retired surgeon, I could not agree more.
Still upsets me that they throw the word "consensual" in there. It's a trap to make us mad at sex. There's no reason for sexual behavior to be punished, and denying and hiding sexual interests doesn't make anyone more professional. And, on an unrelated note, any behavior at all that is nonconsensual is kind of fucked up.

@cheetah_spottycat personally, I don't get the whole shitting on peoples' sexuality. Makes said harrassers look like absolute assholes!

  • Seen some assholes trying to shit on a colleague, and our boss was (towards the callers on the phone): "I dobnt give a shit. Stop calling this number, I'll file a report for harrassment!" and then asked the employee if they too want to file a police report and oress charges against the caller...

  • Not shure want went out of this tho.

Needless to say employers in Germany are explicitly banned from asking, collecting or even noting down sexual details about employees with risk of prison terms and actual costs if they violated that...