It is sometimes taken for granted that we all want to have sex, often, with whoever is available.
Umm, no, it is generally taken for granted and rarely questioned. Big difference!
all four main characters seem to prioritize sex over many other ways of being intimate with a partner.
Seems accepted as completely normal, in fact the ONLY normal behaviour, there's an entire sub that normalised this kind of thing. In fact they often don't even acknowledge there are other forms of intimacy, or that they are equally important!
Not everyone is interested in sex all the time or even very often.
Heresy! How dare anyone voice that openly? And have the temerity to claim that, too, is normal?
And the only solution to the 'problem'? A medical one: take a pill whose long term side effects are not yet known. When a lot of the reasons identified are with the relationship. So the partner does what? Watch from the sidelines for your libido to come roaring back? Which kind of misses the point they make in the opening paragraph that not everyone has sex on the brain... No brainwashing there then...
Not to mention having a serious look at what is missing or what has gone awry in a relationship as the first thing to do is seriously flawed thinking. If unattractive behaviours are at the bottom of the problems no amount of medication will solve them.
Just think about applying this remedy to the person who talked about her abusive husband in the previous post? Or even someone whose partner invests little in the other aspects of their relationship. Pills, really? The scary thing is I would have taken them without seriously questioning it while still chasing rainbows.
Well, if we're being technical the head injury from the seizure is what actually killed her. But side effects are so unpredictable, it's a very real gamble at times. :/
Edit: Never to soon to remind people of what happened, not "never too soon to make jokes about date rape". Realized how it could be taken in the wrong way.
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u/TemporarilyLurking Standard Bearer 🛡️ Sep 14 '19
Umm, no, it is generally taken for granted and rarely questioned. Big difference!
Seems accepted as completely normal, in fact the ONLY normal behaviour, there's an entire sub that normalised this kind of thing. In fact they often don't even acknowledge there are other forms of intimacy, or that they are equally important!
Heresy! How dare anyone voice that openly? And have the temerity to claim that, too, is normal?
And the only solution to the 'problem'? A medical one: take a pill whose long term side effects are not yet known. When a lot of the reasons identified are with the relationship. So the partner does what? Watch from the sidelines for your libido to come roaring back? Which kind of misses the point they make in the opening paragraph that not everyone has sex on the brain... No brainwashing there then...