tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4251777016037497783.post4206560081338640217..comments2023-12-14T20:02:51.470-06:00Comments on The Heavy Anglophile Orthodox: A realist approach to the pelvic issues, part 4: an ‘unnatural’ goodMatthew Franklin Cooperhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15233216128641267240noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4251777016037497783.post-48672574998492457652017-02-17T09:15:11.360-06:002017-02-17T09:15:11.360-06:00... Unless they're into that kind of thing? :?...... Unless they're into that kind of thing? :?Matthew Franklin Cooperhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15233216128641267240noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4251777016037497783.post-13065823704021811342017-02-16T00:30:22.421-06:002017-02-16T00:30:22.421-06:00So wives shouldn't feel the need to hire that ...So wives shouldn't feel the need to hire that Wonder Woman costume.Matthew Celestinehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02874430461346560520noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4251777016037497783.post-20196360739624237892017-02-15T15:58:05.587-06:002017-02-15T15:58:05.587-06:00Right on the money, Matthew! (And again, thank you...Right on the money, Matthew! (And again, thank you for the comment!) I'm not attaching any normative value to the dangers inherent in sex either way, except to say that they <i>can be</i> either ennobling or degrading.<br /><br />I'm trying to put forward a <i>realist</i> view of sex, that takes account of human weakness, vulnerability and aspiration, and that doesn't <i>overestimate</i> human rationality, or capacity for detachment of the will from the natural desires.Matthew Franklin Cooperhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15233216128641267240noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4251777016037497783.post-63062091168123583542017-02-15T12:09:40.876-06:002017-02-15T12:09:40.876-06:00OK, I think I see where you are going. You are not...OK, I think I see where you are going. You are not seeing sex as dangerous in the sense that wild, dangerous sex is an ideal to be pursued (which is probably what rogue Evangelical Mark Dricoll would say), but that an element of danger in sex must be acknowledged.Matthew Celestinehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02874430461346560520noreply@blogger.com