One of my side interests is developing better sexual education and ways to unshame sexuality in our society.
I generally support this goal. And more generally to reduce shame for all non-harmful behaviors (and perhaps to increase shame for some harmful-but-common behaviors). Sex and sexuality: less shame. Cultural obsession about sex and especially other people’s sexuality: more shame.
This, unfortunately, seems to be more about the latter than the former. It’s not about your expression of sexuality, or what you want, it’s about how you want other people to think about and deal with it. Add to it that it’s a very indirect metaphor in a setting that seems targeted to manipulate younger people, rather than a factual (if fictionalized) story that might make it just less of a big mystery.
I’m not sure it’s a topic that belongs on LW (it’s important and somewhat rationality-adjacent, but it’s also not directly about rationality). I’m pretty sure it’s a topic I don’t want on LW—it’s about kids and sex, and no matter how clinical or theoretical the text, it’s liable to draw very unwanted attention from a different crowd than LW usually has). Even aside from that objection, I don’t think this attempt works very well.
hmm, with all this feedback I’m wondering if my framing of this story as “sex-ed to smooth out the impact of puberty” is not quite fitting. I definitely have a sense that this story can play some beneficial role in promoting a more healthy sexuality in our society—though perhaps my framing about puberty is misplaced?
I generally support this goal. And more generally to reduce shame for all non-harmful behaviors (and perhaps to increase shame for some harmful-but-common behaviors). Sex and sexuality: less shame. Cultural obsession about sex and especially other people’s sexuality: more shame.
This, unfortunately, seems to be more about the latter than the former. It’s not about your expression of sexuality, or what you want, it’s about how you want other people to think about and deal with it. Add to it that it’s a very indirect metaphor in a setting that seems targeted to manipulate younger people, rather than a factual (if fictionalized) story that might make it just less of a big mystery.
I’m not sure it’s a topic that belongs on LW (it’s important and somewhat rationality-adjacent, but it’s also not directly about rationality). I’m pretty sure it’s a topic I don’t want on LW—it’s about kids and sex, and no matter how clinical or theoretical the text, it’s liable to draw very unwanted attention from a different crowd than LW usually has). Even aside from that objection, I don’t think this attempt works very well.
hmm, with all this feedback I’m wondering if my framing of this story as “sex-ed to smooth out the impact of puberty” is not quite fitting. I definitely have a sense that this story can play some beneficial role in promoting a more healthy sexuality in our society—though perhaps my framing about puberty is misplaced?