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Willow 5:21 pm on July 20, 2008 Permalink |
I was more impressed by the answers than I thought I would be.
aziz 5:49 am on July 21, 2008 Permalink |
there were some really insightful comments, agreed. I was particularly struck by this from “Frank Murphy”:
emphasis mine. Awesome questions, each worthy of a thread in its own right.
Willow 1:52 pm on July 21, 2008 Permalink |
I was actually intrigued by that. Whether it causes divorce or not, a porn habit can’t be good for a marriage, and I thought it was interesting that so many women brought it up. (Along with the internet generally.)
Muse 1:13 pm on July 22, 2008 Permalink |
Why are women responsible not only for their own sexuality but also men’s? More oral sex = less porn? Doubt it.
Fatemeh 4:52 pm on July 22, 2008 Permalink |
Uh, something (common sense) tells me that Muslim women refusing to give oral sex isn’t what’s breaking up most marriages.
I DO think that ALL Muslims (men AND women–some men seem to think that female pleasure is haram, while we’re on the topic) should have comprehensive sexual education before marriage. Aiming that statement only at Muslim women just isn’t fair.
muhammad mushtaq 5:08 pm on July 22, 2008 Permalink |
Why are women responsible not only for their own sexuality but also men’s.
Because under standard principles of sexual chivalry/egalitarianism, Muslim men ar raised NOT TO ASK WOMEN FOR SEX.
Maybe you could just get it on your wife without asking her back in the ‘homeland’ but in America Muslim men are trained to DEFER to the woman.
With greater power comes greater responsibility.
Either Muslimas should say: sex is the men’s purview (in which case the responsibility falls on him) or they should get with the program and turn their men on.
Frankly, this isn’t all that strange a request. Christians and Jews have long understood that they need to counsel couples about sex (which means telling the women that they need to hook it up for their men and spice it up). Oprah even features some Jewish Rabbi who is all about helping women learn better mind tricks that will lead them to better turning on their men.
Again, if this seems too tedious to you, you can always tell your man: you are in charge of my sex.
Spoony G 11:31 am on July 27, 2008 Permalink |
Muhammad Mushtaq:
Quite hatting on everyone else and learn some tolerance. I felt the question at the other site was relevant.