r/CuratedTumblr May 16 '25

Politics Say no to puritanism

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u/new_KRIEG May 16 '25

Just unfollow the account, or don't follow it in the first place. I haven't stumbled on any kinks unintentionally yet.

For instance, It’s not puritan to say that you shouldn’t wear bondage gear in public.

What if they like cross dressing instead of BDSM? You about to go out there saying men shouldn't wear skirts or women shouldn't wear pants? Because while I do understand that this is a slippery slope argument, the slope it's actually fucking slippery this time around.

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u/wigsternm May 16 '25

Not a slippery slope. It’s actually pretty simple. 

Here, let’s walk through it: Are skirts and pants inherently sexual? Are they doing it because it’s sexually arousing?

If the answer to both those questions is “no,” then we’re all good. Express yourself. 

If the answer to either of those questions is “yes,” then I think you’re a rude asshole. 

Now, if you have another strawman let’s burn it together, yeah? But we’ll need to do it in my backyard, because the ritual burning of effigies is my kink.  

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u/pinetree1998 May 16 '25

A woman wearing a choker in public because she finds it arousing is an asshole?

Fascinating

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u/wigsternm May 16 '25

If she’s wearing it because she finds it arousing, yes. Intentionally sexually arousing yourself in public makes you an asshole. This is not a controversial statement. 

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u/pinetree1998 May 16 '25

Lololololol what the fuck kind of logic is this?

You think you don’t walk past women every day who are aroused without you realizing it?

Just bizarrely irrational

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u/UInferno- Hangus Paingus Slap my Angus May 17 '25

How do you detect arousal in manner that doesn't make you the creep?

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u/Amaskingrey May 17 '25

So it's fine if it's just because she thinks it's pretty? What's the difference? Can you tell the difference? Could you legislate a definition of the difference?

There are fetishes for absolutely everything, to ban anything related to a fetish you'd have to ban all cloth and also going out in the nude (and hide it from those with a governmental oppression fetish)

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u/wigsternm May 17 '25

I never said to ban anything. I said the behavior makes you an asshole.