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I saw a lot of that movement too, probably not as much as you. My sense is that no one was finding any real satisfaction from having short term strictly sexual
by strenholme 7y ago
I saw a lot of that movement too, probably not as much as you.
My sense is that no one was finding any real satisfaction from having short term strictly sexual relationships, and my sense in this day and age of #MeToo (which I very strongly feel has become a witch hunt) is that some men were hurting some women emotionally by only wanting them for sex.
- mirimir 7y agoRight. I was an illegal immigrant from Russia. And an LSD dealer. I was also ~homeless, and living out of a VW bug. It wasn't about having "meaningful relationships". It was about having fun. And forgetting about dying in a nuclear war. For those who weren't alive in 1962, you really have no clue.
- marvin 7y agoJust wanted to say it’s fantastic to see this perspective expressed so clearly, when many have taken the puritanical aspects of feminism to heart as something that’s obvious and certain in educated society. It’s as if certain aspects of preferences and free will are now inconceivable. Refreshing to see a more accurate historical account.
- heavenlyblue 7y ago>> hurting some women emotionally by only wanting them for sex. I can definitely say as a man that in the context of some women in my life I would be hurt if sex is the only thing they wanted from me, too. I don't necessarily see how the whole free-love movement is supposed to be responsible for my delusions about what kind of a lover I am currently hanging out with, though.