Why Pain Is a Wonderful Thing

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Don’t kill the messenger: pain is also the source of compassion.

“Letting kids know that adults are willing to talk about the difficult topics—including sex—builds a net of security.”

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Did your parents teach you about your body and consent? Or did they skirt around the topic? Paris, Jenny, and Robert talk about why the healthy sex talk is important.

“Before we can teach respect for women, boys need to learn to respect their own bodies and sexuality.”

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Danny says that there are key things that we have to teach boys about themselves before we even start on other genders. What do you think? What would you say to your child self?

“As a parent, the thought of our kids flashing other people stops our heart in fear.”

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This is a comment by Andrew Pollon on the post “I Won’t Teach My Daughter It’s Wrong to Flash Her Boobs”.

So, I Looked at Her

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If you admit to staring at a beautiful woman…

“In my eyes, it’s just a sweet love letter from a man to boobies.”

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This is a comment by eureeka on the post “In Praise of Small-Breasted Women”.

“Severe objectification is when you see someone as a collection of parts that only exist for your pleasure.”

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This is a comment by wellokaythen on the Comment of the Day: “Society wants dads to ‘step up’, but they are literally stomped down when they do.”

“We all ‘objectify’ people to some degree.”

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This is a comment by Quadruple A on the post “Too Much Ado About Women’s Asses – Equity Doesn’t Enter Into the Picture”.

“It really helps to have a good realistic idea of what actual people look like naked.”

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This is a comment by Kaija on the post “Results: nudity = not sexual. Even if the other person is attractive. Not a turn on.”

“I once shared your view of men wanting sex and women wanting love. I later found it’s not quite true.”

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This is a comment by The Wet One on the post “It’s Okay to Want Sex”.

“I sought the services of a sex worker because I was terrified of initiating physical contact.”

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This is a comment by It’s the Touch on the post “Can’t Get Laid”.

“I think objectification mostly just hurts people.”

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These are comments by DZ and John Anderson on the post “Magic Mike: On the Objectification of Men”.

“Guys turn off porn because you can’t hold a video after you’re done.”

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These are comments by pwlsax and Mark Greene on the post “Why I Hate Porn: One Man’s View”.

“Let children explore and test themselves.”

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This is a comment by Lars Fisher on the post “My Fourth Father’s Day”.

“In other countries they ridicule Americans for our inhibited attitudes.”

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This is a comment by Anthony Tewfik on the post “I’m Stark Naked: Deal With It”.

“Let’s not envision women as divinely merciful inhuman angels who deserve better than us any more than we envision them to be inferior beings.”

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This is a comment by wellokaythen on the comment of the day “I just think it’s a bloody miracle women think we’re sexy.”