We continue with part 2 of Big Betrayal | Erica Jong Daughters Ice Sex & Women’s Rights.

Beverly Dale

When the sexual pioneer who wrote Fear of Flying and broke barriers about women being sexual now actually reacts to our excessively sexually-obsessed culture by suggesting we retreat into romantic,  unconsummated fantasies, we are in deep trouble!

Erica Jong asks if there is a future for sex? Basically she wants to know if we have been too public with it?

This question makes the mistake of assuming that we have only two choices. We either participate in America’s blatantly sexual hookup culture, accepting its mutual objectification or we embrace romance (as opposed to sex) with limited, little or virtually no public discourse.

There is a middle ground that is possible although almost completely unexplored. We can teach people how to be better, engaged lovers! Yes our culture is woefully ignorant about sexual intimacy and sexual fulfillment but — sorry Erica — living only with fantasies are not the answer.

 

I want to see pastors, priests and rabbis apply the moral framework found in both humanism and the major faith traditions to what everyone is afraid to talk about: authentic honest-to-goodness sexual intimacy.

Beverly Dale:  Consultant for Body Justice and Sexuality Ministries

“Reconnecting the Spirit and the Body” @BeverlyDale.org (website)

“Wisdom calls in the streets and raises her voice in the public square.” Prov 1:20

Susana Mayer

One of my icons truly disappointed last night, and based on ladies room conversation after the event, I was not the only one that felt this way.

The panel’s comments were helter-skelter and often not grounded in scientific facts.  X-Y commentary contained a multitude of errors, based on research from the last decade. For example, it’s true that women don’t like the word ‘pornography’ but our digital footprints indicate that women are very active online and not just reading cookbooks.