Sexuality

[Kwing]

I've got two questions here, and I'd like to see what you all think.

1) How comfortable are you with your sexuality?
It's weird seeing people get sheepish around sex, especially when they're older than I am (I'm only 16), or seeing people who are ashamed of their fetishes or sexual orientation. I'd like to ask the whole forum about this to see how comfortable people are with themselves on a scale from 1-10. Providing your age in your post would also be appreciated.

2) Should minors be able to purchase sex toys/pornography? Is the question a matter of morality or ethics?
I feel like as a citizen of the United States, I should have the freedom to purchase what I wish. Of course, potential health hazards such as BDSM-safe soy candles, leashes, canes, etc. should not be offered to just anyone who comes in, especially when age isn't always the best indicator of how responsible someone is. How best should we balance freedom and safety?

[alvinearthwormfan]

At 5/10/11 09:56 PM, Kwing wrote: I've got two questions here, and I'd like to see what you all think.

1) How comfortable are you with your sexuality?
It's weird seeing people get sheepish around sex, especially when they're older than I am (I'm only 16), or seeing people who are ashamed of their fetishes or sexual orientation. I'd like to ask the whole forum about this to see how comfortable people are with themselves on a scale from 1-10. Providing your age in your post would also be appreciated.

2) Should minors be able to purchase sex toys/pornography? Is the question a matter of morality or ethics?
I feel like as a citizen of the United States, I should have the freedom to purchase what I wish. Of course, potential health hazards such as BDSM-safe soy candles, leashes, canes, etc. should not be offered to just anyone who comes in, especially when age isn't always the best indicator of how responsible someone is. How best should we balance freedom and safety?

1: 10, i really am confident about my sexuality and i am a happy woman loving 14 old man.

2:in my opinion no, just to avoid a severe negative influence on them. its just my opinion but you may have yours too

[Gobblemeister]

At 5/10/11 10:00 PM, alvinearthwormfan wrote:

At 5/10/11 09:56 PM, Kwing wrote:

14 old man.

Funniest fucking thing i've read all day

Also, I am very secure, I know I love bitches and only occasionally look on the well groomed beard of a hulking brute and lust to feel him inside of me.

[TNT]

1. If people are uncomfortable about their own fetishes then that's their right. It is also their right to embrace them too.

2. No. I don't believe there should be a change to that law because doing that would be similar to letting kids have cigarettes. Kids (and teenagers mind you, I was one of them) by law, don't know better morally.

However, I would support the drinking age to be lowered to 18.

[unconsidered]

At 5/10/11 09:56 PM, Kwing wrote: I've got two questions here, and I'd like to see what you all think.

1) How comfortable are you with your sexuality?

Considering I never had a girlfriend in all my life (sad, I know), I'm in the rare position of never having a sex life

2) Should minors be able to purchase sex toys/pornography? Is the question a matter of morality or ethics?

They got to learn this sooner or later, and kids now a days are getting smarter and smarter; they are teaching calculus in junior high school.

[Light]

1. I'd say 9 out of 10.

2. Yes. I don't see why minors should be deprived of this right to purchase sex toys/pornography. Believe it or not, children aren't psychologically harmed by viewing pornography; there's little, if any evidence to support it. I really don't understand why minors can't have sex toys.

[Magic-Mushroom]

At 5/10/11 09:56 PM, Kwing wrote: I've got two questions here, and I'd like to see what you all think.

1) How comfortable are you with your sexuality?
It's weird seeing people get sheepish around sex, especially when they're older than I am (I'm only 16), or seeing people who are ashamed of their fetishes or sexual orientation. I'd like to ask the whole forum about this to see how comfortable people are with themselves on a scale from 1-10. Providing your age in your post would also be appreciated.

2) Should minors be able to purchase sex toys/pornography? Is the question a matter of morality or ethics?
I feel like as a citizen of the United States, I should have the freedom to purchase what I wish. Of course, potential health hazards such as BDSM-safe soy candles, leashes, canes, etc. should not be offered to just anyone who comes in, especially when age isn't always the best indicator of how responsible someone is. How best should we balance freedom and safety?

1. I'm a 10, I like what I like, if you don't then fine go fuck yourself :D

2. It's their body and their life, who are we to say what they can and can't do. Also anyone who pays for porn is a dumbass :P there's plenty of free sites out there.

[Magic-Mushroom]

At 5/10/11 10:12 PM, TNT wrote: 2. No. I don't believe there should be a change to that law because doing that would be similar to letting kids have cigarettes. Kids (and teenagers mind you, I was one of them) by law, don't know better morally.

Derp a herp, fucking a fleshlight is the same as giving yourself cancer and shortening your life.

Dumbass.

[Mortician97]

Being a Satanist I dont think people should be ashamed or sheepish about things that are naturally human. Its just what we do.

As for being confident in my sexuality, Once again, im a Satanist, a culture in which confidence is prized. So, even though I never really think about it, I would say yes, I am extremely confident in myself.

"The only thing I fear is running out of things to be great at" =D

[TNT]

At 5/10/11 10:16 PM, Jedi-Master wrote:

2. Yes. I don't see why minors should be deprived of this right to purchase sex toys/pornography. Believe it or not, children aren't psychologically harmed by viewing pornography; there's little, if any evidence to support it. I really don't understand why minors can't have sex toys.

Well it's not about their psychological issue, but the law (at the very best) prevent kids from buying sex toys at XXX stores directly. There is a problem however, ordering them online these days are simple and you can get away with it. I remember when I was 16, I bought GTA4 through the internet and had it mailed to me no problem. I lied about my age to get the game, and no one monitors it. So eventually the law is slowly becoming obsolete and the law will disappear anyways...

Why I am for the law to stay is because it does not cost anymore to enforce it. What can the police do if they learned there is a sex toy in the child's home? There isn't a law that mandates a search warrant and arrest for a minor with POSSESSION of a sex toy. Besides, there are other laws I rather have removed like marijuana prohibition and such.

[TNT]

At 5/10/11 10:18 PM, Magic-Mushroom wrote:

Derp a herp, fucking a fleshlight is the same as giving yourself cancer and shortening your life.

Dumbass.

Yeah, you're so cool...

[Magic-Mushroom]

At 5/10/11 10:27 PM, TNT wrote:

At 5/10/11 10:18 PM, Magic-Mushroom wrote:

Derp a herp, fucking a fleshlight is the same as giving yourself cancer and shortening your life.

Dumbass.

Yeah, you're so cool...

You're the one being an idiot and comparing two different things.

[TNT]

At 5/10/11 10:28 PM, Magic-Mushroom wrote:

At 5/10/11 10:27 PM, TNT wrote:

At 5/10/11 10:18 PM, Magic-Mushroom wrote:

Derp a herp, fucking a fleshlight is the same as giving yourself cancer and shortening your life.

Dumbass.

Yeah, you're so cool...

You're the one being an idiot and comparing two different things.

And you're being a hypocrite for not reading the earlier post.

[DrHood]

At 5/10/11 09:56 PM, Kwing wrote: I've got two questions here, and I'd like to see what you all think.

1) How comfortable are you with your sexuality?
It's weird seeing people get sheepish around sex, especially when they're older than I am (I'm only 16), or seeing people who are ashamed of their fetishes or sexual orientation. I'd like to ask the whole forum about this to see how comfortable people are with themselves on a scale from 1-10. Providing your age in your post would also be appreciated.

10 out of 10, I'll do anything that my partner wants to do, and I expect the same courtesies from them as well. I'm almost 23 years old. Plain old sex is just boring, you've got to open up and go wild--that's better sex.

2) Should minors be able to purchase sex toys/pornography? Is the question a matter of morality or ethics?
I feel like as a citizen of the United States, I should have the freedom to purchase what I wish. Of course, potential health hazards such as BDSM-safe soy candles, leashes, canes, etc. should not be offered to just anyone who comes in, especially when age isn't always the best indicator of how responsible someone is. How best should we balance freedom and safety?

I don't think so, even people that are 18 and older still aren't mature for those kinds of things. I think the age limit is fine, I don't really think high schoolers need to be exploring that part of their life in-depth just yet.

[Gobblemeister]

At 5/10/11 10:32 PM, TwittSoup wrote: I'm comfortably bisexual. Have a girlfriend and have never sexually interacted with a guy but it's an ongoing recurring joke with my friends just to see how gay I can act around them. Perhaps they still think I'm joking?

I don't think Jesus would approve

[dj9547]

I'm 19, and pretty confident in my sexuality. Gays don't bother me.

And there really isn't an age limit on sex toys, I've purchased plenty of..items..without ever being carded. Pornography on the other hand, I'm not sure. Anyone with internet access can view it for free, more or less defeating the age restriction.

[Light]

At 5/10/11 10:23 PM, TNT wrote:

At 5/10/11 10:16 PM, Jedi-Master wrote:

2. Yes. I don't see why minors should be deprived of this right to purchase sex toys/pornography. Believe it or not, children aren't psychologically harmed by viewing pornography; there's little, if any evidence to support it. I really don't understand why minors can't have sex toys.

Well it's not about their psychological issue, but the law (at the very best) prevent kids from buying sex toys at XXX stores directly.

If not that, then why prevent them from buying these goods and services at all? If it's a crime, it should only be a crime if it hurts society as a whole in a tangible way. Clearly, the purchase of sex toys/porn by minors does not demonstrate such a thing.

There is a problem however, ordering them online these days are simple and you can get away with it. I remember when I was 16, I bought GTA4 through the internet and had it mailed to me no problem. I lied about my age to get the game, and no one monitors it. So eventually the law is slowly becoming obsolete and the law will disappear anyways...

This is irrelevant.

Why I am for the law to stay is because it does not cost anymore to enforce it.

That makes no sense at all, and is quite irrational. Like I said earlier in this post, the only reason a crime should be a crime is if it damages society as whole if it's committed, or if it damages a person in some tangible way. By your logic, almost anything should be illegal to do/have, simply because it doesn't cost much to enforce the aforementioned laws. What you say is totalitarian in nature.

What can the police do if they learned there is a sex toy in the child's home? There isn't a law that mandates a search warrant and arrest for a minor with POSSESSION of a sex toy. Besides, there are other laws I rather have removed like marijuana prohibition and such.

This is irrelevant as well.

[TNT]

At 5/10/11 10:54 PM, Jedi-Master wrote:

That makes no sense at all, and is quite irrational. Like I said earlier in this post, the only reason a crime should be a crime is if it damages society as whole if it's committed, or if it damages a person in some tangible way. By your logic, almost anything should be illegal to do/have, simply because it doesn't cost much to enforce the aforementioned laws. What you say is totalitarian in nature.

I wasn't trying to be totalitarian. Earlier in another post I mention that there are more laws I would like to see repealed right away than allowing minors to buy sex toys/pornography, so basically why push such an effort to repeal this law, while weed and other drugs, gay marriage, and other things illegal that are more critical if not controversial?

Other than that I cannot really argue with the others. One question though, why were the two statements I said were irrelevant?

[Light]

At 5/10/11 11:01 PM, TNT wrote:

At 5/10/11 10:54 PM, Jedi-Master wrote:

That makes no sense at all, and is quite irrational. Like I said earlier in this post, the only reason a crime should be a crime is if it damages society as whole if it's committed, or if it damages a person in some tangible way. By your logic, almost anything should be illegal to do/have, simply because it doesn't cost much to enforce the aforementioned laws. What you say is totalitarian in nature.

I wasn't trying to be totalitarian. Earlier in another post I mention that there are more laws I would like to see repealed right away than allowing minors to buy sex toys/pornography, so basically why push such an effort to repeal this law, while weed and other drugs, gay marriage, and other things illegal that are more critical if not controversial?

The repeal of those laws are just as critical as the hypothetical repeal of this law that pertains to minors, because all of these laws are products of social conservatism. As such, they equally deserve abolition. That's just my opinion, though.

Other than that I cannot really argue with the others. One question though, why were the two statements I said were irrelevant?

The anecdotes had nothing to do with what the OP asked. Sorry to be a dick about it. :P

[TNT]

At 5/10/11 11:01 PM, TNT wrote:

...so basically why push such an effort to repeal this law, while weed and other drugs, gay marriage, and other things illegal that are more critical if not controversial be left alone?

Fixed.

[jak3434]

I am super comfortable with sexuality. Although I think the reason might be because of me being bisexual and being very public about it. I believe people should be a lot more open about there sexuality soo that society would be ok with homosexuals, furries, Ect. As for my fetishes, I don't go around telling people about my favorite fetishes unless they ask me, then I tell them all about my emo fetishes and how I love the way scars look and feel.

As for minors being able to buy sex toys and stuff like that. I think thee should be no age limit for that. In fact I think there should be age you have to be have sex period. I started exploring my sexuality at the age of 10 and it's only grow more intense from that. But as for the sex toys, they usually don't ask to see ID were I get my stuff. Maybe that's because I am a complete regular there, they know I have a huge collection of dildos and vibrators that I enjoy using. It still puzzles me why they don't ask for ID, because I clearly look like a young horny emo kid. But whatevs, I like it.

[Mrmongooseman]

At 5/10/11 09:56 PM, Kwing wrote: I've got two questions here, and I'd like to see what you all think.

1) How comfortable are you with your sexuality?

Yes. I don't see why anyone shouldn't.

2) Should minors be able to purchase sex toys/pornography? Is the question a matter of morality or ethics?

No, Way to much civil out cry would happen, Parents don't really want their 13 year old coming home with a two sided dildo, or a Hardcore Pornography DVD.

[Mrmongooseman]

At 5/10/11 11:56 PM, Mrmongooseman wrote:

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1) How comfortable are you with your sexuality?

Yes. I don't see why anyone shouldn't.

Forgot to add my age, Pretty much 16.

[RubberTrucky]

At 5/10/11 09:56 PM, Kwing wrote: I've got two questions here, and I'd like to see what you all think.

1) How comfortable are you with your sexuality?

6. Internet anonimity kind of makes me able to talk about sex frely and with friends on a drunk night, I can find fun in being very explicit. But still I wouldn't shout it out on formal occasions,because it could get me in a lot of trouble. I'd be afraid of people firing me or so.
25, male.

2) Should minors be able to purchase sex toys/pornography? Is the question a matter of morality or ethics?

It's about morals. I don't think there's legally any need to withhold them from erotic material. But I can get people taking offence to that.

[tox]

Sex is usually a taboo subject that is left to the adults in the back rooms and darkens faces, you can get porn to readily on the net and the rules of the internet provide that there will and has to be porn of it if it exists.
The fredom of sex however I believe should be left to people that want to have intimacy with a partner, it is not just the idea that one may.get the toys, its the lifestyle that also acompanies the sex fetish that we as adults truly want the youth to not get into...
When it comes to beastiality, necrofilia, BDSM, pedofelia, and other darker fetishes its always about the lifestyle and not about the toys.
im 20, love furies, am bi, and im not going to tell you the other bits... :p
But I would say that if someone wanted to be open with me I would tell them exactly that,
I wont come out with it openly in a public place and I wont abounds it to the world face to face, so I would say that I am comfortable with my skin and mind, proposing a 8 for myself

[Gagsy]

1)

I'm don't know about a 4 I guess. Maybe less. Sexuality to me is a tricky thng. I'm 24 and my experience in matters of the sexual kind is somewhat lacking. I've had chances to engage in sexual activity before but for some reason I brushed them all off. Really I'd like to be a lesbian, but I kind of like penises too much. I'm not sure I'll be comfortable with my sexuality until I actually engage in it or get with a woman. My dream sexuality must be like an 8. Nice lesbian happenings there.

2)

No I do not believe minors should be able to buy porn or toys. I actually think that there should be stricter programs on computers to stop minors looking at porn now. I might not be a sexpert but I don't think it's very healthy for teenagers to be focused and 'knowing' on sex while they are still growing.

[CharltonChinchilla]

I think everyone should have sex with eachother.

[TheColourAwesome]

1) I'm 14, Male and I love the pussy! But I think I'm bi. I don't really want to accept it. (If I am.)

2) Yes and no. If condoms were easier to get there'd be a lot less teen age mothers, on the other hand it might attract younger kids to fuck. As for sex toys, I think they should be legal. But I shore as hell wouldn't ask my Dad for a flesh light.

[Scarface]

At 5/10/11 09:56 PM, Kwing wrote: I've got two questions here, and I'd like to see what you all think.

1) How comfortable are you with your sexuality?

I'm about a 5 or 6. I'm comfortable with the fact that I know I'm bisexual, but not comfortable with my friends knowing yet.

2) Should minors be able to purchase sex toys/pornography? Is the question a matter of morality or ethics?

I don't think anyone below the age of 14 should be able to, but after that, I wouldn't see anything wrong with that, since it's not like they're having sex with anyone, and could contract an STD.