Dirty Old Men Of The World Unite! You Have Nothing To Lose But Your Pants!
In general the recent trend has been toward more regulation: The sexual-assault tribunals on college campuses, the changing rules of workplace harassment, the new politesse surrounding pronouns and sexual identity. Part of this reflects a pattern often observed by conservatives, in which certain forms of sexual liberation seem to require more micromanagement than the old “thou shalt nots” — like the rigor required to distinguish supposedly empowering “sex work” from the exploitative variety, or purportedly egalitarian pornography from the misogynist or pedophilic sort.
Ross Douthat.
The battle of the genders
has so many loud contenders.
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The balances and checks
for contemporary sex
are so silly and complex
that Don Juan they would perplex.
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We all need a vacation
from sexual liberation.
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A few well-placed taboos
would be such refreshing news.
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And perhaps 'twould be in fashion
to abjure all crimes of passion.
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Do you think I am a boor
to go back to days of yore
when the talk of birds and bees
was feared more than Bright's Disease?
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I suppose I must be daft
to think all this darn sexcraft
that intrudes upon my world
should be lowered and then furled.
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I guess that I'll go in the closet
and my geezer butt deposit
while I wait for times to change
and sexuality to grow less strange . . .
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