There have been strides made in the last 50 years, yet I still do not like how much sex-shaming pervades our society. (Especially when there are different standards applied to situations differing only in parties involved...)
Example(s):
1) Men are congratulated for having sex, while women are not.
2) Homosexualtiy is fine, as long as its between two other people.
3) Different fetishes receive different levels of support.
...more...?
Yet, I do not think there is a cookie-cutter or one-stop-shop type of solution; because there's plenty of variation in the types of relationships we form (that could lead up to sex) - i.e. what is attractive to one person could be extremely unattractive to another. "Sex has nothing to do with the body, and everything to do with the brain; and no two brains are the same"
So.... there's a secondary issue, of shaming others in the first place, about anything - and if that action should be accepted in society. It is a form of punishment, and it is an attempt to correct a behavior without (usually) involving physical violence. Yet, do we need to have shaming tactics in society? I've wondered about this before, when questioning the merits of humor - because most humor hides harmful acts or operates along some axis of shame...
Or - if you want the less weighted term: "Most humor involves a type of judgement or critical thinking."
So, what distinguishes good judgement(s) from bad judgement(s)? When does humor work, and when does it fail?
....just thinking aloud at 1 a.m. ....
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