Comments on: Warning: Ancient sex on show in Paris http://www.365gay.com/news/warning-ancient-sex-on-show-in-paris/ The daily news source for the gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgender community Sun, 29 Jan 2012 17:11:12 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1.4 By: Alexander Fisher-levesque http://www.365gay.com/news/warning-ancient-sex-on-show-in-paris/comment-page-1/#comment-85131 Alexander Fisher-levesque Sun, 14 Mar 2010 16:30:28 +0000 http://www.365gay.com/?p=12766#comment-85131 I am so wowed by how much sense the last part of this article made. How true it is that what humans desire the most has throughout time been used to control and a lot of the times opress women and sexual minorities. Even the vulgar expression FUCK actually is not a word but means Fornication Under Carnal Knowlege because unwed individuals were expected to consult the king before engaging in non-marital sex/fornication. I am so wowed by how much sense the last part of this article made. How true it is that what humans desire the most has throughout time been used to control and a lot of the times opress women and sexual minorities. Even the vulgar expression FUCK actually is not a word but means Fornication Under Carnal Knowlege because unwed individuals were expected to consult the king before engaging in non-marital sex/fornication.

]]> By: 365 this http://www.365gay.com/news/warning-ancient-sex-on-show-in-paris/comment-page-1/#comment-84996 365 this Fri, 12 Mar 2010 13:58:22 +0000 http://www.365gay.com/?p=12766#comment-84996 “You control sexuality, you control access to it, and in the process you give yourself power over groups, over people and you embed this power into values and you disseminate the values as being part of the population,” he says. The population accept this because they believe its part of their values. They don’t think they are being controlled.” Well put. Simply amazing are the parallels that one can find from now and thousands of years ago. It's funny because its sad in a way; people never seem to learn. “You control sexuality, you control access to it, and in the process you give yourself power over groups, over people and you embed this power into values and you disseminate the values as being part of the population,” he says.
The population accept this because they believe its part of their values. They don’t think they are being controlled.”

Well put.
Simply amazing are the parallels that one can find from now and thousands of years ago. It’s funny because its sad in a way; people never seem to learn.

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