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A mortgage holiday? So, let me get this straight. To... save... the economy, let's eliminate a major source of revenue for banks, which we have just poured tons of money into so that we could save them. Then, everyone can take the money that they would have been using to pay their mortages and "save" it, even though we know that the American consumer doesn't save shit and will just use the extra money to go to Wal Mart and buy crap that was made in China. Money that would haev been going to American financial institutions will be pouring into the economies of countries that produce cheap goods. Economy fixed!
@morninggloria: People will just take the money and pay down their debt, or use it along with the "Cash for Clunkers" program to buy a new car. So the banks will "suffer."
OK, before I read it: BWWWWAAAHHH!!! End of an era. Crappy Hour is my morning news show.
Megan, may good things come to you in the future wherever you go.
@morninggloria: One of my big jobs at work is sending out correspondence, and I am shocked at the number of returned envelopes I get with return to sender stickers on perfectly good addresses. Fuckers don't even try any more.
@Lymed: Damned Socialists! Propping up the banks and the auto industry! What?!?! They couldn't run their businesses? Let them eat cake! Or Jell-O... or Ramen...
Do you know the secret to why people think Limbaugh is smart? Because at least 4 times an hour, he reminds his listeners how smart they are.
Even as he's telling them how stupid they are.
For me "sex" with no modifier mean PiV, oral sex means oral sex, and anal sex means anal sex. That doesn't mean one type is less bad, or more intimate than another, that is just the definition that I grew up with.
This is a great discussion to have and I think its great, Megan, that you raised the issue. There is not one definition of "sex" nor do I think there will ever be. In interview studies I've worked on, I've found that some people only count "sex" as sex with someone they loved. In others, sex was defined by the type of act (vaginal, oral, anal, etc).
With other people, it depended on the quality of the experience - I've had women tell me that they didn't consider themselves to have "had sex" with a certain guy who didn't last very long, and I've had men say they didn't count something as sex if they didn't orgasm.
These different definitions of sex definitely make sex research more challenging. That said, I appreciate the variations in people's sexuality and hope we never become cardboard copies of each other with the same definition of what it means to "have sex" or "to love".
The study dealt with college students and oral sex is a pretty common delaying tactic because there is no risk of pregnancy. The idea that oral sex doesn't count can be a factor, but it isn't at all faux purity.
I think there is a really overblown idea that teens are all out having oral/anal sex. My masters thesis related to teenage sexual behavior and the numbers just aren't as high as some people seem to think. About 50% of high school students have had intercourse, about 50% have had oral sex, but only 11% have had anal sex.
Saying that oral sex is not sex is like saying hand lotion is not lotion, compact cars are not cars, and screen doors are not doors. I just can't wrap my head around the idea that a modifier can negate the noun it modifies, unless the modifier is something such as "artificial" or "virtual."
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Even as he's telling them how stupid they are.
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With other people, it depended on the quality of the experience - I've had women tell me that they didn't consider themselves to have "had sex" with a certain guy who didn't last very long, and I've had men say they didn't count something as sex if they didn't orgasm.
These different definitions of sex definitely make sex research more challenging. That said, I appreciate the variations in people's sexuality and hope we never become cardboard copies of each other with the same definition of what it means to "have sex" or "to love".
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I think there is a really overblown idea that teens are all out having oral/anal sex. My masters thesis related to teenage sexual behavior and the numbers just aren't as high as some people seem to think. About 50% of high school students have had intercourse, about 50% have had oral sex, but only 11% have had anal sex.
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