http://slog.thestranger.com/slog/archives/2009/06/03/lest-they-be-accused-of-biased-reporting-on-divisive-social-issues Comments On: Lest They Be Accused of Biased Reporting On Divisive Social Issues... by Dan Savage en-us Copyright 2009 The Stranger. All rights reserved. This RSS file is offered to individuals, The Stranger readers, and non-commercial organizations only. Any commercial websites wishing to use this RSS file, please contact The Stranger. webmaster@thestranger.com (The Stranger Webmaster) Mon, 23 Nov 2009 00:00:01 -0800 Mon, 23 Nov 2009 06:00:00 -0800 Foundation http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss Posted by MinnySota]]> Sat, 06 Jun 2009 21:38:51 -0700 The Stranger Posted by MinnySota]]> Sat, 06 Jun 2009 21:29:45 -0700 The Stranger
And they don't believe in divorce. So that'll be fun.
Posted by duckgirlie]]> Sat, 06 Jun 2009 08:24:26 -0700 The Stranger Posted by NumberOne]]> Fri, 05 Jun 2009 09:03:35 -0700 The Stranger
Oak Harbor is a weird place. And the Whidbey News Times is not exactly a hallmark of journalism. Stuff like this is about par for the course
Posted by Baldrick]]> Thu, 04 Jun 2009 10:36:54 -0700 The Stranger Posted by Lenina]]> Thu, 04 Jun 2009 10:01:16 -0700 The Stranger Posted by UNPAID COMMENTER]]> Thu, 04 Jun 2009 08:41:27 -0700 The Stranger Posted by In next week's issue, right? Right?]]> Thu, 04 Jun 2009 00:00:03 -0700 The Stranger
So yeah. Gawk at me at will.
Posted by Cory]]> Wed, 03 Jun 2009 22:07:13 -0700 The Stranger
What's the difference between "eskimo kissing" and kissing? My boyfriend and I rub noses a lot. And I think it as just as intimate a moment for us as kissing (at least non-french kissing).

To me their kissing virgins just as much as people who've had oral and/or anal sex but not vaginal sex are sex virgins: which is to say not at all!!

So I don't see a point to this and, if anything, it's detrimental to the chances of success for the relationship. But at the end, I don't even think that matters because eskimo kissing IS kissing!!!
Posted by caliclimbergrl]]> Wed, 03 Jun 2009 21:43:48 -0700 The Stranger Posted by buffy and muffy]]> Wed, 03 Jun 2009 20:54:30 -0700 The Stranger
Remember them? Besides the design style, they were known for no sex or sexual contact EVER. Not even for procreation. Their group would grow by people joining them. Needless to say they pretty much died out.
Posted by Hyzenthlayk9]]> Wed, 03 Jun 2009 20:14:29 -0700 The Stranger Posted by Julie in Eugene]]> Wed, 03 Jun 2009 19:24:22 -0700 The Stranger
But I am disturbed by this line, spoken by the husband-to-be (who has kissed other girls before, by the way):

“I think it’s awesome the respect she has for herself.”

I understand what he's saying: she's self-possessed and confident about protecting her boundaries. Fine; more young women should be.

But what kind of culture do we/they live in, that a girl must wait until she's 21 and married before she can kiss a boy, in order to truly respect herself? What does that tell you about this couple's attitudes toward female sexuality?

Not good.
Posted by Irena]]> Wed, 03 Jun 2009 18:28:39 -0700 The Stranger
Why would he fuck her in the ass? He's probably been doing that all through high-school. Popping her cherry and kissing her (on the lips at least) is probably a novelty.
Posted by Y.F. Redux]]> Wed, 03 Jun 2009 17:49:39 -0700 The Stranger
...which is why 70's were such fun...

...or at least that's what my parents/aunts/uncles/hippie family friends state.

People really never do learn anything from other people's mistakes, do they?
Posted by Y.F. Redux]]> Wed, 03 Jun 2009 17:48:21 -0700 The Stranger Posted by stevema14420]]> Wed, 03 Jun 2009 16:44:22 -0700 The Stranger Posted by Take it all in]]> Wed, 03 Jun 2009 16:22:26 -0700 The Stranger I'm even less inclined to think they'll ever have GOOD sex, considering their relationship to their own sexuality.

Well it's not like they're going to know what their missing.

Allegedly, religious people self-report better sex lives than us heathens. I suspect it's because they really just don't know any better and thus have fewer reasons to feel dissatisfied.
Posted by keshmeshi]]> Wed, 03 Jun 2009 16:18:50 -0700 The Stranger
Take it all in @ 21, I don't think it is newsworthy, just interesting.

I don't know anything about these two. I didn't choose their path, I did not marry in white. I know of a couple, who had a courtship like theirs and are still married. Who knows their future? I can't tell you what I'll be doing an hour from now, but whatever the future holds it will include whiskey. Be it Irish, Scotch, or Burbon I haven't a clue.
Posted by kim in portland]]> Wed, 03 Jun 2009 16:14:33 -0700 The Stranger
Me and the girl met at a movie theater and were boning within a week. And we kept up the boning for five years.
We're getting married Saturday. Here's to boning.
There's hope for the sluts out there!
Posted by Agent of Chaos]]> Wed, 03 Jun 2009 16:10:12 -0700 The Stranger convinced that there's no way this couple could possibly be happy. Because it doesn't match up to their lives. To their world. Their beliefs. Their cause. He's gay, she's selfish, they're both going to split because they haven't tested the field. All these positive models we have for them!

They actually should run a slut-fest story with a happy ending. Then you could post it on Slog and watch EVERY SINGLE PERSON IN THIS COMMENT THREAD rage over the negative comments people post in that article about that couple.

Lulz ensues! Hahaha!
Posted by Mr. Poe]]> Wed, 03 Jun 2009 16:06:17 -0700 The Stranger
These two are so sexually repressed, I doubt that, when they actually do get married, they'll actually be able to have sex on that wedding night of theirs, and I'm even less inclined to think they'll ever have GOOD sex, considering their relationship to their own sexuality.
Posted by JudT]]> Wed, 03 Jun 2009 15:52:48 -0700 The Stranger
More likely than not, they'll be divorced within a year.
Posted by Reverse Polarity]]> Wed, 03 Jun 2009 15:50:21 -0700 The Stranger Posted by Spokalou]]> Wed, 03 Jun 2009 15:26:48 -0700 The Stranger