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	<title>Comments on: Eve Ensler, Sex, Compulsion, and Freedom</title>
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	<description>Love, Life, Meaning, Zen, and Science, by Norm Bearrentine</description>
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		<title>By: Tracy E. L. Poured</title>
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		<dc:creator>Tracy E. L. Poured</dc:creator>
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		<description>Hello Norm, 

I appreciate Eve Ensler's TED talks, and your thoughts above. 

I invite you to consider:  
Many women also have "strong biological compulsions toward reproduction". They often express it differently from men within social structure. 

Two different drives can be in play in the male compulsion for sex. Some, granted, do want to reproduce: some others (who have taken steps such as vasectomy) still have the drive for sex - without no intent to reproduce. 

There are also times when women say "yes" and men say "no". These could be outside your vision or paradigm, and they do happen. 

Caution is tied closely to responsibility. 

Both sexes are commonly taught that their reproductive organs are "disgusting". It is not uncommon to see the negative reference many women have toward their menses: a natural and beautiful process unaccepted and shameful by much of society. It perpetuates a form of violence toward each other. 

An "Us vs. them" paradigm is harmful to all, for in essence, we harm ourselves with each act of conquering and scarcity we commit in the world.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Hello Norm, </p>
<p>I appreciate Eve Ensler&#8217;s TED talks, and your thoughts above. </p>
<p>I invite you to consider:<br />
Many women also have &#8220;strong biological compulsions toward reproduction&#8221;. They often express it differently from men within social structure. </p>
<p>Two different drives can be in play in the male compulsion for sex. Some, granted, do want to reproduce: some others (who have taken steps such as vasectomy) still have the drive for sex - without no intent to reproduce. </p>
<p>There are also times when women say &#8220;yes&#8221; and men say &#8220;no&#8221;. These could be outside your vision or paradigm, and they do happen. </p>
<p>Caution is tied closely to responsibility. </p>
<p>Both sexes are commonly taught that their reproductive organs are &#8220;disgusting&#8221;. It is not uncommon to see the negative reference many women have toward their menses: a natural and beautiful process unaccepted and shameful by much of society. It perpetuates a form of violence toward each other. </p>
<p>An &#8220;Us vs. them&#8221; paradigm is harmful to all, for in essence, we harm ourselves with each act of conquering and scarcity we commit in the world.</p>
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