Wow. I mean, it's a regular bodily function. I can't see why someone would have any more trouble with pads than they would have with kleenex. I mean, there are certainly things that could be said about menstrual cycles that would make me think, "Did I really need to hear that?", but they are probably much like things I don't really need to hear about any other bodily process, unisex or not.
(On the, "Dude didn't go down either," front, one part of me wants to say, "Wow, was he missing out," but then, it's a preference like any other, I suppose. There's a strong cultural idea among liberal society (which is to say, nearly everybody I socialize with, but while recognizing that it might not be true of the wider culture) that straight men who don't perform oral sex on women are somehow broken, yet straight women who don't perform oral sex on men are exercising their rights as empowered individuals. This seems unfair: I don't really think anybody should be berated or considered broken for not wanting to engage in a sexual practice. On the other hand, what *does* become a problem, of course, is where there's no balance -- where someone expects all kinds of sexual considerations from the other but is unwilling to provide things in return. So while I don't personally grok guys who don't like performing oral sex, I support their right to have that position so long as they're willing to make up for it in other ways. </pointless-rambling>)
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Date: 2006-06-01 04:23 pm (UTC)(On the, "Dude didn't go down either," front, one part of me wants to say, "Wow, was he missing out," but then, it's a preference like any other, I suppose. There's a strong cultural idea among liberal society (which is to say, nearly everybody I socialize with, but while recognizing that it might not be true of the wider culture) that straight men who don't perform oral sex on women are somehow broken, yet straight women who don't perform oral sex on men are exercising their rights as empowered individuals. This seems unfair: I don't really think anybody should be berated or considered broken for not wanting to engage in a sexual practice. On the other hand, what *does* become a problem, of course, is where there's no balance -- where someone expects all kinds of sexual considerations from the other but is unwilling to provide things in return. So while I don't personally grok guys who don't like performing oral sex, I support their right to have that position so long as they're willing to make up for it in other ways. </pointless-rambling>)