There are a few things I’ve meant to speak about and post here on Black Entertainment USA that work and just 24 hours in a day haven’t allowed. I’ll try to catch up a bit now, so some of the items may be a bit old. One thing that had caught me is how the internet has changed some things that most would assume were basic. In this case I mean sex.
I’m referring to a poll of 2500 Canadian college students and safe sex. The sex in this case is as safe as it gets as its via webcam, IM and phones. How prevalent is this form of sex? 87% stated that they are engaging in it. Now I don’t think that this was what was mean by the 4th definition found in The American Heritage Dictionary - 2nd Edition. I also don’t think this is why there have been 23 Adult Video News Awards nor the 3.7 billion dollars made in 2005. Much like my thoughts on movies premiering on pay-per-view, this contactless sex is very dehumanizing and I feel it is not a good sign for the future. The more detached and separated we become, in a world that is drawn closer by the various media, and entertainment forums, the more we lose. Especially in America, as we cut back or lose arts programs in schools.
Personal preferences on sex has many expressions of course. The internet is just another way for anyone to share their kink or fetish with another in safety and somewhat varying degrees of anonymity. But I am a bit old fashioned and prefer to be in person. Of course one place that I would love to be in person, and filled with kinks and fetishes to fulfill anyone’s - I think - voyeuristic or exhibitionist desires, is Carnival in Brazil. Whether it’s being in drag, or dressed in costumes, scantily clad or just enjoying the wanton revelry there seems to be something for everyone. It seems like an experience that should not be missed, unless you are of a puritanical religious sect.
One thing I’ve never understood though, what is the deal with the heels? I never understood the foot fetishes, and while a woman in heels is never a bad thing (for me) I just don’t get it. But many samba dancers it seems do get it and wear heels that hit 6.6 inches. Now watching a woman dance a samba in those kind of heels would be interesting to see. The whole experience is definitely entertainment, and I don’t think the college students mentioned above have nearly as much fun.
No matter how fast or interconnected the world becomes experiences that include others always are the greatest ones, in my opinion. Often as technology gives us the next great gadget people forget the value of just being around others. It takes on especially scary connotations, to me, when entertainment (such as movies, music concerts, etc.) and procreation become individual, solitary acts.
This is what I think, what do you think?
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