To those who claim that feminism is somehow about being "sex-negative"...

[The Traveler]

11. Sexual response is one of the most complex of human behaviors

We really need to decouple the social and political notion of feminism from sexual response. These are different matters.

What turns on one woman is abomination to another, or worse boring. We need to be sensitive to those differences in our partners. And we need to understand that private sexual conduct is distinct from career path and politics.

It is difficult to talk about this sanely when political figures talk as if rape is OK, or that rapist have parental rights, or that it is in some way understandable. In reaction to that madness, some feminists come across as prudes. This is almost never an accurate perception of the feminist. We have to always evaluate those kinds of comments in the context of the real horror show confronting women in these times.

Politically aware women are bound to be hypersensitive on these subjects right now. So, we men who would love them need to be aware of that and give them some room for their angst. That angst is not unreasonable. Women's rights are in jeopardy, and we hairy types need to step up and support those rights.


Trav