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95Susan Walsh November 9, 2012 at 8:00 am
@Escoffier
Susan, another reason Lysistrata wouldn’t work is that otherwise responsible parties like yourself say to young women “hooking up is the gateway to a relationship” and some of them take that as sanction/blessing.
I haven’t ever promoted hooking up as the gateway to a relationship. Certainly not intercourse. Nothing wrong with some making out, IMO. I believe you may be referring to the 12% stat that Kathleen Bogle found in her research. She stated that many young people are in a bind, because as few relationships result from hooking up first, students perceive that hooking up is the only pathway to a relationship. We can see this is true in the absence of dating.
96mr. wavevector November 9, 2012 at 8:01 am
Lysistrata will not work because single women would not abide by the rules of the cartel.
Researchers who study
sexual economics have shown that women can indeed form successful and stable sex cartels, but only in cultures where men monopolize the economic resources. In these cultures women must drive a hard bargain for sex to obtain material resources. In cultures where women have access to their own economic resources, they do not form sex cartels. Certainly there is no chance the independent women of our consumerist society could pull it off.
97Susan Walsh November 9, 2012 at 8:10 am
I really like your Take Back the Date Night idea, but sadly I just found out that a student group on the campus of my alma mater is too busy organizing a Slut Walk. *Sigh*
There’s been a movement in recent years of students organizing into something called the Anscombe Society. It started at Princeton – here is their mission statement:
Mission Statement
The Anscombe Society is a student organization at Princeton University dedicated to affirming the importance of the family, marriage, and a proper understanding for the role of sex and sexuality. We aim to promote an environment that values the crucial role the intact, stable family plays in sustaining society; the definition of marriage as the exclusive, monogamous union of a man and a woman; its role as an institution which is necessary for the healthy family, and thus for a healthy society; a conception of feminism that encourages motherhood; and a chaste lifestyle which respects and appreciates human sexuality, relationships, and dignity. Therefore, we celebrate sex as unifying, beautiful, and joyful when shared in its proper context: that of marriage between a man and woman. The Anscombe Society is a proactive community that provides social support and a voice for those already committed to these values, and promotes intellectual engagement to further discussion and understanding of this ethic on Princeton’s campus and in the broader community.
