Cassy Fiano has an excellent – though depressing – article which discusses the dismay some feminist women have over the fact that their daughters, raised according to feminist ideology, are turning out to be sexually submissive to the wishes of men (in olden days, we would say they were being sluts, but we try to be polite). The feminist mothers are shocked and angered – they really don’t understand how this could happen.
To which all of us who are not feminists – and, more broadly, not liberals – answer: Ummm…they’re just doing what you told them to do. In a world where there is no censorship of what is broadcast on radio and television; in a world where sexual overtones in advertisement to children is pervasive; in a world where kids at ever younger ages are taught the mechanics of the most absurd sexual practices, this is what you’re going to get…kids just having sex without much concern. As is the case of all children rising to adulthood, they are what we made them.
Now, once in to adulthood, things might change – at least some of these poor girls will wake up to what has been done to them and change their lives. But as they go from about 12 to 20, they are really just whatever we tell them to be. If the daughters of feminism are sluts, it is because their mothers and society as a whole instructed them that being a slut is the right thing to do. We taught them that their bodies and their urges were the most important things in their lives – we have enslaved them to their physical bodies and their lusts.
And now, like good little slaves, they put out to their Master whatever is demanded. That some boys and men are taking advantage of this is no surprise – because they, too, have been enslaved. It just works out to the greater advantage (in the very short term sense) for men because it allows them to sample a wide variety of sexual experiences without having to commit to anything. What Hefner dreamed in the 50’s has become a reality today.
If the truth shall set you free (and it shall) then it is, naturally, the lie which will enslave you. A lie was broadcast – starting very early in the 20th century but not really catching on until the late 50’s – that sex was just a thing to do; a physical act of no particular moral importance. This lie was embroidered endlessly – that a healthy person needed a regular dose of sexual activity; that sexual fantasies were mentally healthy; that any sort of sexual release was as licit as any other; that masturbation is not just acceptable, but commendable; etc, etc, etc. The lie has become fastened tightly upon us – to the point, now, where even the barriers against sexual activity for children are being taken down (and I mean children – like 12 year olds, and you can bet that it’ll soon be even younger).
We have to recover the truth – because only by truth can we be freed from slavery. Our bodies are not our most important possession. Sexual activity is not necessary for a healthy, happy life. Sex must be confined only to the bonds of matrimony. Children must not engage in sexual activity – these a host of other truths about sex must be restored, because if we don’t then we will destroy ourselves. A riot of sexuality leads inevitably to social decay – we can already see it around us in divorce rates, illegitimacy rates, rampant pornography, declining birth rates, etc. We keep on this path, and we’ll just die out.
Needless to say, the riot of sexuality will have to fall to the restoration of Judeo-Christian truth about matters sexual. The Christian conception of sex as a sacred union; the concept that women are to be held in awed respect as mothers of children (as opposed to mere conveniences for male sexual appetites); the understanding that love is not best expressed in sexual activity but in faithful devotion. The lie has enslaved us, the truth will set us free – but have we the courage to both see the truth and act upon it? Or has the rot gone so far that we’re now afraid to even fight against slavery?
Time will tell – but I am hopeful, as always.
UPDATE: The over-sexualization of our culture as a by-product of feminism. And, yes, once again the feminists are all shocked and sad about this.
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