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Interesting how the author avoided sex and intimacy in his "list of common universal needs".
by drummer 5y ago
Interesting how the author avoided sex and intimacy in his "list of common universal needs".
- Swenrekcah 5y agoThe list is “common” not “comprehensive”.
- mcguire 5y ago"Here’s a link of commonly unmet universal needs at work:" 1. Commonly unmet. 2. At work.
- mensetmanusman 5y agoThis reminds me of a conversation I overheard regarding legality of sex work. Apparently the individual was in favor of it, but when asked about hybrid options, where a administrative assistant would be available for office support and sex, they weren’t quite able to explain why that should be illegal.
- Swenrekcah 5y agoInteresting thought. My reply would be that a similar situation as with drugs, gambling and other vices applies. That is, it can be allowed but in specific establishments with clear rules and expectations. Not that sex is exactly like the other vices, but the lust variety kind of is.
- mrkstu 5y agoThere was a reason Mormon's tended to be hired by casinos in Vegas- their exposure to the local vices (and hence their corruptibility) was lower than average.
- stronglikedan 5y agoNeither is a universal need. Plenty of single hermits are perfectly happy hermitting alone.
- pvarangot 5y agoMost of those I know of are very much not alone and rely on a massively alive biome they kinda claim for themselves where they are usually intimate with a ridiculous amount of animals and plants. Intimacy doesn't imply that you have to do it with another human, it's just a feeling of a barrier being lowered for you that wouldn't be someone else. Petting a car is intimacy. I'm not sure it's a universal need but I think most scholars that study "mental health" from different perspectives agree that for virtually all humans being deprived of that leads to suffering.