Why are demands about male sexual performance quite so acceptable?

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I don't mean this in one of those "such a double standard" sort of ways, because even as a double standard it's not one I'd have a terrible problem with. But Lara on the hat thread jokes about getting angry with anyone she dated who underperformed, a sort of sentiment that's actually really common. Conversely I doubt many men could get away with saying "I certainly wouldn't put up with any woman who couldn't" ... well, I dunno, you fill in, because apart from visible physical characteristics it's considered unfunny and impolite and just bad to criticize women's sexual performance. In my experience guys don't even do this in one another's company! I've heard maybe the barest hint of it, and that very rarely.

I'm not sure what my question is but I find this interesting.

nabisco (nabisco), Friday, 14 February 2003 00:29 (twenty-two years ago)

I seem to remember an interesting dialogue about this from 'Chasing Amy'.

Spencer Chow (spencermfi), Friday, 14 February 2003 00:31 (twenty-two years ago)

Men get derided for low quality. Women get derided for high quantity. It works both ways.

donut bitch (donut), Friday, 14 February 2003 00:32 (twenty-two years ago)

(that is, high quantity of partners as well)

donut bitch (donut), Friday, 14 February 2003 00:34 (twenty-two years ago)

Yeah, DB, I'm not complaining about the double-standard; in the game of various gender-based standard men aren't really in any position to complain. I just find this funny and interesting.

WOMAN: "Omigod his dick was tiny and he couldn't keep it up at all."
RESPONSE: "Oh what a loser, you need a real man!"

MAN: "Oh god, her pussy smelled really bad and she kept dragging her teeth on me."
REPONSE: "Dude, show some respect!"

nabisco (nabisco), Friday, 14 February 2003 00:37 (twenty-two years ago)

Nabisco, your male friends must be unusually polite -- that's all I'll say.

donut bitch (donut), Friday, 14 February 2003 00:38 (twenty-two years ago)

Ahh, okay, this is one of the things I was wondering about. ILX men show of hands: how many of you are often exposed to social situations where it is completely acceptable to criticize a woman's sexual performance?

nabisco (nabisco), Friday, 14 February 2003 00:41 (twenty-two years ago)

(I.e., not physical characteristics -- people feel all too free to criticize women's physical characteristics all the time -- but actual performative stuff?)

nabisco (nabisco), Friday, 14 February 2003 00:42 (twenty-two years ago)

I was thinking about that 'derided for high quantity' thing the other day and I realised that I hadn't heard anyone deprecate anyone I know for it for ages. It feels like a schoolyard thing to me. I'm sure it still goes on in some circles though.

I guess women feel it's OK to do with it with men who talk the talk or men who have hurt them as a way of cutting them down. Men are sensitive about that stuff so it's an achilles heel.

Yeah, I don't like the way that so much pressure is put on male sexual performance, though. Quite apart from jibes, it's the burden of expectation that is placed nowadays kind of detracts from the pleasure of sex. The knowledge that women discuss these things with each other, rate lovers, in a way that as Nabisco says, men don't. I guess women experience the 'was I any good?' thing too, but my feeling is not as much. It's partly just the mechanics of the situation.

Impotence: the great undiscussed topic on ILE?

N. (nickdastoor), Friday, 14 February 2003 00:42 (twenty-two years ago)

I just think women aren't as shallow in that respect as you might think, nor are men as respectful and cautious either.

donut bitch (donut), Friday, 14 February 2003 00:42 (twenty-two years ago)

(to nabisco)

donut bitch (donut), Friday, 14 February 2003 00:43 (twenty-two years ago)

How can you criticise a woman's performance, though? All I want when I'm having sex with someone is that they put some welly into it. No complex technique is required. It's easier to suck dick than lick pussy, I reckon.

Eyeball Kicks (Eyeball Kicks), Friday, 14 February 2003 00:44 (twenty-two years ago)

hmm, i don't really care about these things. Other aspects play into whether or not someone is memorable in bed. Like enthusiasm and skill for the oral endeavors. . .

That Girl (thatgirl), Friday, 14 February 2003 00:44 (twenty-two years ago)

Since when is skill for the oral endeavours not included in this?

N. (nickdastoor), Friday, 14 February 2003 00:45 (twenty-two years ago)

(The other funny bit of the whole decorum thing -- if you're the decorous type -- is occasionally you get up to something Really Really Fascinating that you wish you could tell your friends about but don't, obviously, as it would sound horrible.)

nabisco (nabisco), Friday, 14 February 2003 00:45 (twenty-two years ago)

(Now that I think about it maybe all those Penthouse letters are real! Written by guys who couldn't bring themselves to tell their friends and didn't think their friends would believe them, anyway.)

nabisco (nabisco), Friday, 14 February 2003 00:48 (twenty-two years ago)

perhaps i misread your question. You are a moron if you criticize people for things they can't help (e.g. size). But why is it in bad taste to criticize someone for being non-communicative and or insensitve? These are the things I see as key to being "good in bed". the person who gives good head is the person who at some point *listened* to what their partners wanted.

That Girl (thatgirl), Friday, 14 February 2003 00:48 (twenty-two years ago)

N. and EK are OTM: it's the mechanics that validates the double standard.

Aaron A., Friday, 14 February 2003 00:53 (twenty-two years ago)

I've never had any qualms talking about what I wished a female partner had/didn't have, or should have done and didn't do -- never naming names of course. Mostly though, this is something I've mainly discussed with other female friends.

Most of my male friends have been too sexually frustrated -- and even worse, tried to hide that fact really badly -- to hear about such "problems" at the time, but with others, I've had respectful but honest discussions with guys too.

Overall, I've heard more "ew, that's nasty" or "yeah, she needs to." from the female friends. So there, nabisco.. this might support your point a little more.. I think.

(Of course, in the past, I've been far too shy and embarrassed to talk about any sexual experience with close friends, etc. but that's a different story...)

donut bitch (donut), Friday, 14 February 2003 00:54 (twenty-two years ago)

No, Sam, I don't think anyone's saying anything is in bad taste. Except the genitalia in my example quote. Where is Dan?

I think DB is pretty much right here, though I'm just wondering what it, well, "means" for us to tend to think of sex as a male performance maybe out of proportion to how much it's that way biologically. I think saying "it's the mechanics" is a bit of an exaggeration! To wit: male and female mouths are pretty similar, and yet rhetorically speaking kissing gets cast as a male performance ("he was/wasn't a good kisser") more so than a female one (I think men think that same thing but they both place the responsibility for it on themselves and don't talk about it with others).

nabisco (nabisco), Friday, 14 February 2003 00:58 (twenty-two years ago)

In fact you tend to hear men talk about their partners as a method of self-aggrandizement; from both sexes, we tend to cast this whole thing as sort of "our show."

nabisco (nabisco), Friday, 14 February 2003 01:01 (twenty-two years ago)

I've never noticed a double standard in regards to kissing performance.

Aaron A., Friday, 14 February 2003 01:04 (twenty-two years ago)

To wit: male and female mouths are pretty similar, and yet rhetorically speaking kissing gets cast as a male performance ("he was/wasn't a good kisser") more so than a female one

Kissing! That's a different thing. I know males and females who are bad at this, and I've probably said so to other people.

Eyeball Kicks (Eyeball Kicks), Friday, 14 February 2003 01:04 (twenty-two years ago)

I'm curious how this issue is dealt with from guy-guy experiences. No close gay male friend has either confessed to me how his partner underperformed or what have you.

donut bitch (donut), Friday, 14 February 2003 01:05 (twenty-two years ago)

I've never noticed a double standard in regards to kissing performance.

Okay, maybe I just hang out with too many girls? I probably do hang out with too many girls.

nabisco (nabisco), Friday, 14 February 2003 01:06 (twenty-two years ago)

trust nabisco to turn this into a v.sly boast

mark s (mark s), Friday, 14 February 2003 01:09 (twenty-two years ago)

trust mark s to start referring to his "dragon" from here on out

donut bitch (donut), Friday, 14 February 2003 01:11 (twenty-two years ago)

I really have no idea what you're getting at, N. ;)

That Girl (thatgirl), Friday, 14 February 2003 01:23 (twenty-two years ago)

Wha' ?

N. (nickdastoor), Friday, 14 February 2003 01:30 (twenty-two years ago)

I'm curious how this issue is dealt with from guy-guy experiences. No close gay male friend has either confessed to me how his partner underperformed or what have you.

I'll never tell.

Really, I *hate* guys that can't keep their traps shut about this sort of thing. It makes me think of stupid sex-obsessed West Hollywood/Chelsea circuit queens. It usually ends up making the person complaining looking like an desperate, insecure ass. I always imagine they feel there was something wrong with their own performance, and they figure they ought to spill the beans before the other side gets around to it. It's very unattractive.

I have had friends talk about how they haven't had sex in months and that the spark has gone out of the relationship, blah blah blah. But they never offer details about specific failings.

Arthur (Arthur), Friday, 14 February 2003 01:48 (twenty-two years ago)

Among educated people there's this idea that, while female sexual pleasure is this evanescent, infinitely complex and mysterious thing, male sexual pleasure is -- to quote a Taoist sex manual -- "little more than a genital sneeze". Of course this isn't true, but it's amazing how persistent the notion is; people who are perfectly aware that the sexual responses of two different women can be wildly different in almost every way -- and that learning their individual bodies and preferences can take years of attentive and sensitive lovemaking -- will then turn around and say something that amounts to "if he comes, everything's OK". Obviously part of the problem there is men not knowing the potential of their own bodies -- something they can hardly be blamed for, any more than women sans Our Bodies, Ourselves could be -- but it's also, I think, a great reluctance (and anxiety) on the part of many men to ask for what they want. Most men I know have a very hard time believing (at least at first) that their partners are genuinely interested in making them feel good; contrary to what you might think, the messages being received seem to be, first, "You're damned lucky to be having sex in the first place, so don't you dare complain about what you're getting", and second, "You'd better perform well or you'll be dispensed with, mark my words".

(This is where much analysis of pornography breaks down, by the way -- it's so easy, but deadly simplistic, to think in terms of penetrator = active = power. There's more than one essay floating around by women who used strap-ons for the first time and found themselves completely terrified [or otherwise surprised] and with an entirely new perspective on what the [traditional] male role in [heterosexual] sex is like.)

no I didn't logout (phil), Friday, 14 February 2003 02:00 (twenty-two years ago)

trust nabisco to turn this into a v.sly boast

Is this in reference to the Penthouse letters bit or the hanging out with girls bit? Because the former was intentional (and maybe part of why I asked this question) but the latter wasn't! (I thought "hangs out with too many girls" had more of a Rupert Everett gay-best-friend vibe than a "fear me" one.)

nabisco (nabisco), Friday, 14 February 2003 02:15 (twenty-two years ago)

(btw I don't agree with all of that author's conclusions but I thought it was an interesting read regardless)

no I didn't logout (phil), Friday, 14 February 2003 02:18 (twenty-two years ago)

I'm not really sure this "a woman can do no wrong in bed" serves anyone well. (I'm not crying double standard either but...) a woman certainly can have poor technique. And with more then her mouth. And she can get her cookies without the man gettin' his.

Really though, if someone isn't getting what they want, they need to speak up or its (partially) their own damn fault.

bnw (bnw), Friday, 14 February 2003 02:22 (twenty-two years ago)

if there was better communication between the sexes, tehre wouldn't even be a need for this thread.

di smith (lucylurex), Friday, 14 February 2003 02:40 (twenty-two years ago)

did you say something?

bnw (bnw), Friday, 14 February 2003 02:43 (twenty-two years ago)

Hahahaha Di implied that this thread was somehow necessary!

I was actually thinking on the way home about watching tonight's sitcoms and tallying jokes about male sexual inadequacy versus women's, but then I decided that (a) the even split would be "jokes about men's sexual inadequacy" versus "jokes about women's visual inadequacy" plus (b) I'd rather go see Herbert.

nabisco (nabisco), Friday, 14 February 2003 02:52 (twenty-two years ago)

" And she can get her cookies without the man gettin' his. " --BNW

What does that mean? Do you mean a woman can finish without the man gettin a chance to do the same? Why do I get the feeling it's usually the other way around?

Obviously people should be able to criticize performance for either sex if necessary. Geez.

Men do seem more "polite" though. My husband even asked if it was ok to talk about my sexual prowess to his guy friends. Gee, I AM glad he wasn't asking if it was ok to be negative/critical of me to his buddies because then he would REALLY have something to complain about.

And yup, there is something to be said for QUANTITY too.

Yeah for the quantity!

BurmaKitty (BurmaKitty), Friday, 14 February 2003 03:26 (twenty-two years ago)

a woman can finish without the man gettin a chance to do the same.

hstencil, Friday, 14 February 2003 03:32 (twenty-two years ago)

I guess I do have a problem in being so worried about pleasing the woman that I forget to enjoy it myself (with new partners anyway). And I guess that probably backfires somehow into making it not fun for her either. Is that normal?

N. (nickdastoor), Friday, 14 February 2003 03:38 (twenty-two years ago)

No.

Nicole (Nicole), Friday, 14 February 2003 03:39 (twenty-two years ago)

shut up.

yes.

RJG (RJG), Friday, 14 February 2003 03:40 (twenty-two years ago)

Sorry.

Nicole (Nicole), Friday, 14 February 2003 03:40 (twenty-two years ago)

Was that 'shut up' to Nicole? Either way, stop being so rude, fuckface.

N. (nickdastoor), Friday, 14 February 2003 03:41 (twenty-two years ago)

(and btw this isn't me saying 'hey I'm such an altruistic caring person' - it's me being scared of being thought crap or worse still, told that I am crap to her friends)

N. (nickdastoor), Friday, 14 February 2003 03:42 (twenty-two years ago)

it was to nicole but I felt bad even as I was typing the 's'

RJG (RJG), Friday, 14 February 2003 03:43 (twenty-two years ago)

Gee, I AM glad he wasn't asking if it was ok to be negative/critical of me to his buddies because then he would REALLY have something to complain about.

Isn't this what the whole thread is ABOUT?

Curtis Stephens, Friday, 14 February 2003 03:44 (twenty-two years ago)

I think it's normal. It took me quite a while to get over that. I still might not be.

See, in part I think framing sex as a male performance is bad for everyone -- because (a) what Nick said, and (b) it means young men have to go in and, like, learn to perform properly, and from what I've heard of young women's early sexual experiences these first few outings are fucking disastrous for the poor girls and half the time the guy is so pleased with himself just for getting there that he doesn't even notice.

Question: would sex be better for everyone if it were normal for late-teenaged boys to hook up with older women who gently introduced them to the things they could be doing? Cause the weird thing about the male-performance paradigm is that it can sort of leave women room for low-pressure "training" (yeah, I'm sorry about that term) but leaves men to the sort of trial and error that can scar their partners for life.

nabisco (nabisco), Friday, 14 February 2003 03:48 (twenty-two years ago)

Well, that sounds like that whole idea/construct/urban myth about your dad/your older buddies/your military trainers getting you hooked up with that one Woman About Town so you can Be a Man and all that. Question is, is said myth any damn good or not?

Ned Raggett (Ned), Friday, 14 February 2003 03:50 (twenty-two years ago)

Hmm.. yeah I think maybe part of the problem was not getting the crap sex thing out of the way when we were all too young to understand what crap sex was. Oh, who am I kidding - I'd read all about clitorises and multiple orgasms by the time I was 16.

N. (nickdastoor), Friday, 14 February 2003 03:53 (twenty-two years ago)

You make it sound so skanky, Ned! I mean something slightly different: that when it's not a male performance then more men wind up getting shown the proverbial ropes and this benefits everyone hooray! I think this is what tends to happen with, like, young sweethearts who lose virginity together; you know, neither of them expect the other to know stuff so they work it out happily on their own. (And maybe it's what tends not to happen with guys who really want to get laid and then wind up there thinking "wait wait how do I do this properly" and then fuck everything up and muddle through and blah blah blah and never wind up completely comfortable.)

nabisco (nabisco), Friday, 14 February 2003 03:54 (twenty-two years ago)

The funny thing is that all this is sort of about casual sex by definition: with anyone you're properly with things tend to get sorted out in a happy low-pressure environment and anyway "performance" isn't as much of an issue. But before that, I mean ... considering how much male-inadequacy talk is just normal and the impossibility of getting an "objective opinion" on your own approach or comparing with others, well, it can be difficult to work under the assumption that anyone's necessarily going to be pleased.

nabisco (nabisco), Friday, 14 February 2003 04:00 (twenty-two years ago)

That's why I don't have one night stands.

N. (nickdastoor), Friday, 14 February 2003 04:02 (twenty-two years ago)

That is a good policy, and one which I share, though I do often think I'd like to have that policy strictly for my moral/emotional reasons and not because I want to avoid the potential challenges.

Obviously I personally never worry about this because of the many awards I've received and my impressively large genitalia, but I can see how other people might.

nabisco (nabisco), Friday, 14 February 2003 04:05 (twenty-two years ago)

You make it sound so skanky, Ned!

I'm trying to imagine sex without even a hint of skank to it.

Ned Raggett (Ned), Friday, 14 February 2003 04:05 (twenty-two years ago)

(Well okay not really on that first part: I think my supposed policy runs "I will not have sex with anyone unless I'm pretty convinced they'll be happy because they're having sex with me, not because they think I'll be particularly good at it.")

nabisco (nabisco), Friday, 14 February 2003 04:08 (twenty-two years ago)

One of my best friends in high school was riding in a car with me once when all of a sudden he shyly started to ask me if I was aware of this place on a woman's body that when you touch it, it makes the woman feel really good. It was called the clit-or-is. I said "Dan! How many people have you had sex with? 4?" He had just learned about this place. I was astonished and I still make fun of him because I am cruel and have a great memory.

Carey (Carey), Friday, 14 February 2003 04:13 (twenty-two years ago)

I do think that there is a double-standard, as nabisco has pointed out, between discussing women's sexual performances versus men's performances. (Hmmm...why did I make that plural?) I think a lot of this goes to the idea that men are *supposed* to be great lovers/whisk their partners off to la-la land, think Don Juan and all of that, and women are still tied to the cultural ideal of being pure and virginal and not actively participating in sex (and not actually enjoying it, either.) What's that saying about wanting an angel in the kitchen and a devil in the bedroom, or something like that, in reference to the "perfect" wife?

Anyway, we're still fighting to discard these stereotyped ideals, but society is still a bit behind the times. And yes, I will admit that I'd find it easier to complain about a man's sexual performance than a woman's. But, at the same time, I don't think that complaining is the right approach to take. Much better to speak to sexual partner and discuss sexual difficulties and then set about rectifying them then to go bitching to "the girls" or to "the boys" about problems in the sack. But I realize that is not the acceptable/encouraged behavior at this point in time.

I regards to thinking about the pleasure of one's partner before the pleasure of one's self - I think this is most prevalent early in relationships, as one is hoping that if they *do* please their partner, then there will be more chances to get off, themselves. (Yeah, I know that's a cynical take on things.) But, at the same time, there are people who are, by nature, more concerned with the pleasure and happiness of their partner than with their own sexual gratification - I've heard it described as "I get off knowing that you're happy."

One thing I have learned, though, is the more a person brags about their sexual performance abilities, the more likely I am to be disappointed by them in bed. I've no idea if they really think that they're great and are bragging without having any real idea of the lecel of their skills or if they are hoping that by claiming that they're great they'll delude the other person into believing them.

Discussing someone's sexual, well, short-comings (sorry for that word choice), can be very emotionally touchy. I know I'd react violently emotionally if someone "criticized" my performance. And I imagine that many of you would do the same. Most of us are unsure about sex and our sexual attractiveness and our sexual skills and so forth - and anything that is perceived as being even remotely critical can drive us back into our caves of sexual shame (wow, I like that analogy!) If I am not being satisfied by a partner, I usually try to rectify things with gentle suggestions along the lines of "Oooohhh...yeah...a little more of that" an so forth - and sometimes a guiding hand. But that doesn't always work and then a more direct approach is required. Even then I try not to phrase things as being a criticism and concentrate more on "I like it when you do this" or "I think I'd really like it if you'd do this" and so forth. It can be an uncomfortable conversation, especially if you're early into a relationship and are afraid of alienating your partner. Well, actually, it can be an uncomfortable conversation no matter where you are in the relationship.

But, really, I think it's best to keep such discussions within a relationship instead of bitching (or bragging) to our peers. However, I also know that this is not an ideal world and that we're going to continue to talk to our friends about trouble in the sack. So maybe we just need to be more aware of the societal "norms" in what is acceptable to say about men and what is acceptable to say about women, and then consciously strive to eliminate such stereotyped differences (yeah, theat means bitching about both, equally, in similarly coarse terms).

Or, conversely, resort to masturbation and then you really can't bitch about the technique.

I'm Passing Open Windows (Ms Laura), Friday, 14 February 2003 04:16 (twenty-two years ago)

Ned, is there such a thing as sex without skank? Without some level of raunch? How dull and unfulfilling that must be.

I'm Passing Open Windows (Ms Laura), Friday, 14 February 2003 04:17 (twenty-two years ago)

I agree! Thus I'm befuddled at Nabisco's complaint. ;-)

Ned Raggett (Ned), Friday, 14 February 2003 04:23 (twenty-two years ago)

Is it not the case that this double-standard extends beyond sexual performance? I feel like I'm under lots of pressure by women to know answers, make correct decisions quickly, and not make mistakes or be clumsy. Maybe it's subjective, or just a reflection of my current relationship, but I'm not aware of ever putting any woman under such scrutiny. It seems like I can't even slip on a patch of ice in front of my current girlfriend without earning at least a disappointed sigh. I don't mean to imply that all women are like this, but I do think the "Don Juan" expectations reach outside the sexual situations. Good thing I don't mind being a doofus in front of the world.

Stuart, Friday, 14 February 2003 04:40 (twenty-two years ago)

Sex without the skank = peanut butter without the skank.

Dan Perry (Dan Perry), Friday, 14 February 2003 05:00 (twenty-two years ago)

Can we get back to this comment:
"Question: would sex be better for everyone if it were normal for late-teenaged boys to hook up with older women who gently introduced them to the things they could be doing?"

Where do we sign up to volunteer to make this a better world?

BurmaKitty (BurmaKitty), Friday, 14 February 2003 05:06 (twenty-two years ago)

Stuart - yep, the double-standard does extend beyond the sexual arena. Undoubtedly. And I don't know how to fix that, except to make changes in my life and hope that somehow influences the actions of others, or at least makes them think twice about some of their decisions.

Ned - I guess that I have had good, non-skanky sex, but it's always been that lovey-dovey cuddling type - nice every now and then but not too often. What's that saying from the man who says "my wife and I make love only once a year, on Christmas Eve, in front of the fireplace. The rest of the year we fuck." Pretty much represents my feelings on the matter - though making love does have it's valued place in my world, of course.

BurmaKitty - I am with you on this one, completely. I do think the world would be better and happier and most people would be happier with their sex lives if we were gently initiated into the joys of sex and foreplay and fooling around and such. And yep, you bet I'd join-up! Isn't this like (the only redeeming feature in my mind) those sex scenes in Auel's books - I remember a scene from - hmmm - The Valley of the Horses I think, where there's a several - page description of the deflowering of a young woman. Hell, I wish I'd lost my virginity like that! And I think that in the follow-up book there was something about women who initiated young men, too, but somehow it wasn't as big of a deal for the boys as it was for the girls. Phooey. Crap, now I gotta go dig those books out. (I stole them from my mother's bookshelves at a tender young age and used the descriptions of the sex for many happy hours of adolescent fantasy.)

I'm Passing Open Windows (Ms Laura), Friday, 14 February 2003 06:06 (twenty-two years ago)

Hey, note that I said Ned made it so skanky, not just skanky -- something about that capped Woman About Town and the "military buddies" part made me think of, like, taking 15 year olds to cheap brothels and stuff. Or that Jacques Brel song that Scott Walker did, with the gay sergeant sending the boys into a makeshift whorehouse to get VD. That song is so good that it very nearly puts me off sex every time I hear it.

nabisco (nabisco), Friday, 14 February 2003 06:13 (twenty-two years ago)

Hmmmm - so it's like intensely skanky, nabisco, instead of just semi-skanky?

I'm Passing Open Windows (Ms Laura), Friday, 14 February 2003 06:23 (twenty-two years ago)

Hahaha "the mobile Army whorehouse." That song is terrifying.

Amateurist (amateurist), Friday, 14 February 2003 06:37 (twenty-two years ago)

I agree with DeadGirl. I have other thoughts about this but I don't have the time to say more than that talking about these things in terms of male/female is - maybe - pointless?

Tracer Hand (tracerhand), Friday, 14 February 2003 07:11 (twenty-two years ago)

Why pointless? Only if it becomes some stupid sex war point scoring thing, which isn't what Nabisco wanted.

N. (nickdastoor), Friday, 14 February 2003 14:17 (twenty-two years ago)

I'm glad that Nabisco noted the fact that I was joking on the hat thread. I have much to say on this top and will do so later when I can give it the attention it deserves.

The reality is a lot less flippant than it appears.

Lara (Lara), Friday, 14 February 2003 14:24 (twenty-two years ago)

nabisco started out saying the question isn't about a double standard, so by rephrasing it "how many of you are often exposed to social situations where it is completely acceptable to criticize a woman's sexual performance" maybe he's getting bogged down in stuff he doesn't want. for me the dichotomy doesn't work anyway - i've had plenty of men talk w/me about women who were 'bad lays'. That Girl brings it much closer to realness than any of the 'men are like this, women are like that' talk has, at least so far.

Tracer Hand (tracerhand), Friday, 14 February 2003 16:08 (twenty-two years ago)

I think part of this is that guys are expected to feel LUCKY when they get laid.

GUY ONE: SO???
GUY TWO: Yep. WE DID the DEED.
GUY THREE: SCORE! (high-fives all around)

It's very uncool to say, yep, but the sex wasn't really all that. The idea is that any sex is good sex.

And I don't think women tend to complain about their partners in bed UNTIL they've decided they don't like him anyway. And a lot of the times, those poor guys might not have been that bad in bed to begin with.

Sarah McLusky (coco), Friday, 14 February 2003 16:20 (twenty-two years ago)

Aha - we're getting somewhere! No one wants their friends to think they put up with someone who's no good in bed.

Tracer Hand (tracerhand), Friday, 14 February 2003 16:44 (twenty-two years ago)

i've had plenty of men talk w/me about women who were 'bad lays

But you thought they were assholes, right?

N. (nickdastoor), Friday, 14 February 2003 16:46 (twenty-two years ago)

No one wants their friends to think they put up with someone who's no good in bed.

Or else the males realize "the sex was bad" will be taken as "I was bad in bed."

bnw (bnw), Friday, 14 February 2003 16:50 (twenty-two years ago)

Can no one see that a woman can be bad in bed just as a man can? Sex is not just about thrusting.

Is it? Is it?

Lara (Lara), Friday, 14 February 2003 16:51 (twenty-two years ago)

i'm past caring, tbh.

g-kit (g-kit), Friday, 14 February 2003 16:57 (twenty-two years ago)

Sex is not just about thrusting. Is it? Is it?

That's called BAD sex.

Sarah McLusky (coco), Friday, 14 February 2003 16:57 (twenty-two years ago)

But if there aint no thrusting at all, that can be bad too, right?

N. (nickdastoor), Friday, 14 February 2003 17:06 (twenty-two years ago)

That's called TANTRIC sex?

Sarah Mclusky (coco), Friday, 14 February 2003 17:07 (twenty-two years ago)

Or can't get it up sex.

N. (nickdastoor), Friday, 14 February 2003 17:08 (twenty-two years ago)

N. don't talk about the FORBIDDEN SUBJECT!

Tracer Hand (tracerhand), Friday, 14 February 2003 17:10 (twenty-two years ago)

Sorry - DO NOT READ THE POST ABOVE!

N. (nickdastoor), Friday, 14 February 2003 17:12 (twenty-two years ago)

No one wants their friends to think they put up with someone who's no good in bed.

Joking aside…

I don't talk to my friends about sexual specifics in the first place and I would certainly never tell anyone if my partner and I were having difficulties. I have no problem discussing general wants, desires and preferences but I would never reveal things about my partner (past or present) that I thought would upset him or that I thought would change people's perception of him. I would not be embarrassed and I wouldn’t think it was necessarily a result of a weakness in my sexual technique.

I have had some partners who would be considered more technically proficient (I couldn’t think of a better way to put it) than others, just as some of my partners would be considered better looking than others. The only time I have ever had, what I consider to be, bad sex was once when I slept with a chap who thought he was Casanova and seemed to have choreographed every move from the couch to the bedroom. It was bad as he seemed to be ‘getting off on how good he was at having sex’, rather than just ‘having sex’.

To be quite honest, if the guy is physically comfortable with me and treats me tenderly I don’t care whether he’s goodin bed or not. I just want him to be in bed with me. And if he needs to bring a dildo, that’s fine.

Lara (Lara), Friday, 14 February 2003 17:13 (twenty-two years ago)

Impotence and fear of it really are the spectres haunting this thread. My wife works in the urology department for a pharmaceutical company that's just released a new drug for erectile dysfunction (as it's euphemized) -- when she tells people this, they all tell funny jokes -- then, inevitably, all the men ask (seriously, in a whisper)if she can swing them some samples.

This is all to say that demands on male sexual performance tend to be placed there by men.

Colin Meeder (Mert), Friday, 14 February 2003 17:13 (twenty-two years ago)

I would like to think that my partner and I could work through an issue like this together: experimenting with Viagra, seeking medical advice, using toys - whatever we are both comfortable with.

It's important that we both be fulfilled sexually but not if that involves putting wither of us under emotional pressure. I can't stress this enough.


Lara (Lara), Friday, 14 February 2003 17:17 (twenty-two years ago)

Unfortunate use of 'wither' in place of 'either'.

Lara (Lara), Friday, 14 February 2003 17:19 (twenty-two years ago)

The men I know never complain. This is because they are scared of the women. Possibly. Thank God today is National Impotency Day.

Ally C (Ally C), Friday, 14 February 2003 17:19 (twenty-two years ago)

My wife would insist that I mention to Lara that there are are alternatives to Viagra. Ask your doctor or pharmacist!

/shill

Colin Meeder (Mert), Friday, 14 February 2003 17:49 (twenty-two years ago)

Colin, I know there are alternatives. I merely meant to give examples of a couple of avenues that could be explored if the couple decided they wanted to investigate.

I taped a Horizon last night, did anyone watch it?

Lara (Lara), Friday, 14 February 2003 17:55 (twenty-two years ago)

wouldn't it be easier to just ask the hookers directly?

Tracer Hand (tracerhand), Friday, 14 February 2003 17:57 (twenty-two years ago)

"I have no problem discussing general wants" reached my awful eyes as "I have no problem discussing genital warts."

Growl growl I think my point here wasn't to do some big "how unfair waah waah double standard against men" thing, but it WAS indeed to talk about how men and women approach this issue differently and how that affects the end experience for everyone. I hate that it's impossible to talk about general gender-based differences like this without everyone thinking you're picking on one of the sexes or making some big political point about unfair treatment. I just meant that in my personal experience I do see certain differences in the way men and women approach these things, and I do see some areas where both sexes construe something as something it doesn't have to be (e.g. sex as a male performance) and I'm curious about that.

nabisco (nabisco), Friday, 14 February 2003 18:04 (twenty-two years ago)

Also I completely agree with Colin that the performance demands are put there largely by men -- at least to the same extent that plenty of women's appearance and behavior demands are put there by women; just two more ways we convince ourselves that it's Really Important to others that we do [X], when in fact [X] isn't really the point to anyone.

nabisco (nabisco), Friday, 14 February 2003 18:07 (twenty-two years ago)

(Lara: I was just being a shill. I know you know, I'm just curious to see if my wife's product is entering the vocabulary yet.)

Colin Meeder (Mert), Friday, 14 February 2003 18:08 (twenty-two years ago)

So, er, do women actually talk about performance as much as popcult would have us believe?

mark p (Mark P), Friday, 14 February 2003 18:08 (twenty-two years ago)

Catching up on all the thread's various topics here ...

The only friends of mine who've commented one way or the other on a partner's ability or habits in bed have been female -- but the vast majority of my friends are female, as are all of the closest ones, so I don't think that says anything.

For my part, I've only discussed sex-I've-had with people-I-wasn't-having-it-with twice: once after the first time I had sex (well, the first two times, I guess), to casually/furtively ask an older friend, "So how long does it generally last, anyway?"; and once when my partner was reacting in a way that I thought was strange, which turned out to be probably the foreshadowing of her eventual nervous breakdown. In both cases, the folks I talked to were female, but again, that's just the demographics of my friends.

I tend not to discuss sexual specifics with friends because I realized a long time ago that I really don't want to know about their sex lives (partly because there's so much ... cross-pollination ... among my groups of friends that knowing X insists on Y means knowing Z did Y and therefore C is doing it now -- learn one thing about one person, and I've got a dozen people's sexual histories staring at me) -- so I figure, I won't open the window myself. This gets me a lot of teasing since I write smut for money :)

Bad sex -- there's definitely bad sex and there're definitely bad blowjobs, and I've actually gotten into short-lived arguments about this with male friends ("if you got a bad blowjob, you were doing something wrong!" -- I realize it's not entirely passive to be on the receiving end, but really, without employing props or a theme song, I'm not sure what I could do to completely ruin a blowjob).

Impotence -- am I the first to come out of the impotence closet? How swell. I can do the blustery "it's not my fault" thing, though -- it's a side effect of post-surgical nerve damage which has been slow to heal. Viagra has worked enough wonders that I haven't looked at alternatives (but feel free to suggest some, Colin.) My biggest concern was that it would ruin the spontaneity, but the guessing game of "Am I going to have sex soon? Should I take the pill?" has actually been fun.

Tep (ktepi), Friday, 14 February 2003 18:12 (twenty-two years ago)

I can only answer for me (and my female friends) and the answer is no. I am as close to my sister as I can imagine being to any other human being but I would never, ever discuss specifics as I'm revealing things that my partner might not be comfortable with her knowing.

Perhaps other girls talk about nothing else, I don't know.

Lara (Lara), Friday, 14 February 2003 18:13 (twenty-two years ago)

I know this isn't really a performance thing, but even among perfectly lovely, non-bitchy women, I have known it to be standard practice for them to ask (and tell) each other how big a new partner's dick is. I don't know if it's just a complete joke that means nothing. Women and their crazy humour!

N. (nickdastoor), Friday, 14 February 2003 18:16 (twenty-two years ago)

I don't know if it's just a complete joke that means nothing.

Are you talking about your penis?

Lara (Lara), Friday, 14 February 2003 18:18 (twenty-two years ago)

Well, it's a continuum.

N. (nickdastoor), Friday, 14 February 2003 18:20 (twenty-two years ago)

You're saying you are a penis?

Lara (Lara), Friday, 14 February 2003 18:21 (twenty-two years ago)

He's saying his penis is a continuum.

nabisco (nabisco), Friday, 14 February 2003 18:22 (twenty-two years ago)

Shilling again, to Tep: if spontaneity is a concern, the new product coming soon from a VERY evil American pharma company (and already available in Europe and Australia) is the drug for YOU! But I can say no more...

Colin Meeder (Mert), Friday, 14 February 2003 18:22 (twenty-two years ago)

Continuum: A continuous extent, succession, or whole, no part of which can be distinguished from neighboring parts except by arbitrary division.

Lara (Lara), Friday, 14 February 2003 18:23 (twenty-two years ago)

I suspect that if dudes have well-honed skillz (i.e. sensitivity to partner's needs) in other departments, the shh.... i-word isn't as big a deal. But then I wouldn't really know because I'm a goddamn stud.

Sterling Clover (s_clover), Friday, 14 February 2003 18:23 (twenty-two years ago)

Does all this joking about continuums stem from my post on one of the Gay threads about sexuality being a continuum? (oh, silly me, thinking I'm the center of it all)

Sarah McLusky (coco), Friday, 14 February 2003 18:26 (twenty-two years ago)

And for the record I don't discuss the size of my partner's penis with anyone either. Not even with the priest at confession.

Lara (Lara), Friday, 14 February 2003 18:26 (twenty-two years ago)

Shilling again, to Tep: if spontaneity is a concern, the new product coming soon from a VERY evil American pharma company (and already available in Europe and Australia) is the drug for YOU! But I can say no more...

Well good golly, now I'm curious. I assume I'll know it when I see the ads ...

Tep (ktepi), Friday, 14 February 2003 18:28 (twenty-two years ago)

It'll be in your face.

Lara (Lara), Friday, 14 February 2003 18:29 (twenty-two years ago)

y'all realise that it is actually Male Impotence Awareness Day?

jel -- (jel), Friday, 14 February 2003 18:29 (twenty-two years ago)

"Darling, I come bearing flowers. That is all."

Lara (Lara), Friday, 14 February 2003 18:30 (twenty-two years ago)

oh, I mean National Impotence Day!

jel -- (jel), Friday, 14 February 2003 18:31 (twenty-two years ago)

And for the record I don't discuss the size of my partner's penis with anyone either. Not even with the priest at confession.

No wonder there are so many sad priests.

(Bearing flowers is the oddest impotency cure I've heard of to date, BTW.)

Dan Perry (Dan Perry), Friday, 14 February 2003 18:31 (twenty-two years ago)

You're thinking of clowns, Dan.

nabisco (nabisco), Friday, 14 February 2003 18:42 (twenty-two years ago)

Was there not something here about young people coming to us old people for sexual training? Listen, I'm 43 and I'm right here for you all...

Martin Skidmore (Martin Skidmore), Friday, 14 February 2003 23:41 (twenty-two years ago)

Thanks for the generous and selfless offer, Martin - send me the plane tix and I'll show-up on your doorstep *grin*

I'm Passing Open Windows (Ms Laura), Friday, 14 February 2003 23:55 (twenty-two years ago)

Damn, I am non-rich. Look, I know there are loads of hot young ILXers in the UK...

Martin Skidmore (Martin Skidmore), Saturday, 15 February 2003 00:31 (twenty-two years ago)

Where are the young yet legal aged US ILX guys that need an old lady like the BurmaKitty to make things right for them? I really want to do my part to prevent this upcoming war. I think this may be the solution right here.

oh...is my husband reading this thread?

Really, Honey, I was just trying to help...

BurmaKitty (BurmaKitty), Saturday, 15 February 2003 05:46 (twenty-two years ago)

To wit: male and female mouths are pretty similar, and yet rhetorically speaking kissing gets cast as a male performance ("he was/wasn't a good kisser") more so than a female one

This is so wrong. Male and female mouths, from a kissing point of view, are extremely different. Women, in general, have narrower lips, narrower mouth, softer lips, smaller teeth, teeth closer to lips, less prominent chins, less prominent noses, soft skin around lips, no bristley facial hair around lips, smaller tongues, less inclination towards shoving their tongue down your throat, less likely to attempt to devour you: lips first, less inclination towards sucking your tongue so hard you want to hit them and less likely to kiss brutally at all.

In my experience it is very rare for a women to be a bad kisser and not at all uncommon for males to be.

toraneko (toraneko), Saturday, 15 February 2003 16:30 (twenty-two years ago)

YOU SAID IT Toraneko!

BurmaKitty (BurmaKitty), Saturday, 15 February 2003 16:35 (twenty-two years ago)

I've kissed my share of men and women, and I haven't found female bad kissers much less common than male ones, though women are less often bad at it in an aggressively unpleasant way.

Martin Skidmore (Martin Skidmore), Saturday, 15 February 2003 16:45 (twenty-two years ago)

three weeks pass...
I've met women who were bad kissers both on the unpleasantly aggressive side and on the extremely passive side.

Jordan (Jordan), Monday, 10 March 2003 19:48 (twenty-two years ago)

Absolutely, and I have too - but I'd stand by my observation, which did say "less often" rather than "never".

Martin Skidmore (Martin Skidmore), Monday, 10 March 2003 20:09 (twenty-two years ago)

two years pass...
The male is programmed for "fuck and forget," and it takes a *lot* less time for him to achieve orgasm than it does for females. And, sadly, a lot of guys are not overly concerned with how or even whether the female has an orgasm. Quite literally, a guy can cum within SECONDS during a sexual performance

For women, it is very common for it to take many minutes to even get to the point where sexual release is even possible, and only about 25% of women even achieve orgasm from penetration alone. If the guy doesn't take his time and help things along, then, in my mind anyway, he's going to get critiqued negatively.

In a man's eye, all a woman has to do is lay there and he can get off. Whereas, quite a bit of work is required for her to get off. That's why it is "acceptable" (for lack of a better word) for male performance to be talked about or used as a measure than it is for a female as I see it.

alma, Friday, 23 December 2005 18:05 (twenty years ago)

I had totally forgotten about this thread. And now I feel all old and jaded, reading what I had to say about it before. And I can't tell if I was lying about certain things up there or if they were just truer at the time.

nabisco (nabisco), Friday, 23 December 2005 18:39 (twenty years ago)

there's actually a considerable body of research suggesting that the whole "men are programmed to fuck-n-forget" idea is socially-constructed crap

Banana Nutrament (ghostface), Friday, 23 December 2005 19:31 (twenty years ago)

Yeah, I'm sure I'll regret posting here but that kind of burned me up. There are plenty of lazy, selfish, unimaginative, and passionless lovers of both sexes in my opinion.

M. White (Miguelito), Friday, 23 December 2005 19:47 (twenty years ago)

In a man's eye, all a woman has to do is lay there and he can get off.

I'm so tired of all the world's premature ejaculators using this argument. Men's mechanisms are physiologically simpler, but that doesn't make men any less susceptible to the downsides of the emotional and mutually participatory aspects of sex (and the upsides!), not to mention simply not being "in the mood." Frankly, it can be difficult to..um... finish with a woman who's "just lying there" or some equal indication of not really being into it, like obviously faking reactions, etc.

There are plenty of lazy, selfish, unimaginative, and passionless lovers of both sexes in my opinion.

Completely OTM.

Paunchy Stratego (kenan), Friday, 23 December 2005 20:12 (twenty years ago)

(And based on all that there's the follow-up assumption that men are totally getting a sweet deal by getting to have sex at all, which is thoroughly wrong -- there's this ongoing implication that the woman is somehow treating the guy or doing him a favor by having sex with him, when in actuality, well ... ideally both partners are getting just as much out of it, and in plenty of cases any treats/favors are really going in the opposite direction.)

nabisco (nabisco), Friday, 23 December 2005 20:16 (twenty years ago)

There are plenty of lazy, selfish, unimaginative, and passionless lovers of both sexes in my opinion.

And it's even more complicated than that. Good lovers fit with each other. A good lover isn't going to be good with everyone in the world. Everyone has preferences and styles and all kinds of nearly intangible qualities and ugly baggage that they bring to bed with them, and good sex takes two. I've been a terrible lover with some women, for reasons that I like to think had to do with both of us. We weren't on each other's frequency, for whatever reason. And that's what makes good sex so good -- when everything clicks, you don't know exactly why, but it does, and it's fantastic, and it's rare and (if you'll forgive me) quite special.

Paunchy Stratego (kenan), Friday, 23 December 2005 20:22 (twenty years ago)

Is that what you told your last girlfriend?

deej.. (deej..), Friday, 23 December 2005 20:52 (twenty years ago)

just kidding.

deej.. (deej..), Friday, 23 December 2005 20:52 (twenty years ago)

Ugh. Kenan, you are so right. And when it was good, it was very very good / and when it was bad, it was horrid. Frequency, language, whatever you call it, it extends a lot further than sex as sex, into every gesture and exchange, and when it's not there you may as well be playing to an empty house. And when it is?...well. You can be on opposite sides of a crowded room and still be having absolutely torrid sex.

My thoughts on the rest of the thread/topic are...I think they're too bound up with personal things and I can't comb them out.

Laurel (Laurel), Friday, 23 December 2005 21:03 (twenty years ago)

Yeah, me too.

jaymc (jaymc), Friday, 23 December 2005 21:04 (twenty years ago)

And if he needs to bring a dildo, that’s fine.

I missed this before, but I think Lara's on to something here, so to speak. If it takes a woman a good deal of time to come through penetrative sex and the guy's not a heroic sexual athlete, be fucking (and I use the word advisedly here) creative.

M. White (Miguelito), Friday, 23 December 2005 21:06 (twenty years ago)

FOREPLAY, people! Fucking loads of it. Then you can come like a comet and it doesn't matter one iota to her, cos she's already lost all feeling in her extremities and thinks you're some kind of crazy sex magician.

CharlieNo4 (Charlie), Friday, 23 December 2005 21:10 (twenty years ago)

Reading this thread, I keep swinging between anxiety and solace at other people's posts.

jaymc (jaymc), Friday, 23 December 2005 21:18 (twenty years ago)

there's actually a considerable body of research suggesting that the whole "men are programmed to fuck-n-forget" idea is socially-constructed crap

Wrong. Bateman's Principle is a fundamental tenet of reproductive biology.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bateman%27s_principle

NoTimeBeforeTime (Barry Bruner), Friday, 23 December 2005 21:20 (twenty years ago)

"fuck-n-forget" is not exactly the same thing as Batemen's Principle of sexual selection.

Allyzay must fight Zolton herself. (allyzay), Friday, 23 December 2005 21:25 (twenty years ago)

But see the funny thing here is that y'all are still giving lots of advice for how men can be more satisfying (lots of foreplay, use a dildo, etc) whereas when the sexes are reversed -- say, Adolph Streisand complaining that his wife never goes down on him -- it's interpreted as crude and trolling. I totally realize that a lot of this is physiological, and that it really usually is the woman whose needs get ignored, and that there are countless "how to please your man" articles in every women's magazine, but it's still kinda funny, see?

It's weird, I started this thread after I'd been dating someone for a long time, because I was in a position to start new things and kinda thinking about the logistics of it. But I don't think I've thought about this at all since then. I suppose it's the kind of thing you think about exactly once and then are more or less over. It's kind of a nice day as a man when you have an experience not go entirely well but then can be pretty sure it wasn't to do with you, and was just, you know, general no-fault non-clicking.

nabisco (nabisco), Friday, 23 December 2005 21:26 (twenty years ago)

say, Adolph Streisand complaining that his wife never goes down on him

Haha, I like that this is being used as a serious example.

jaymc (jaymc), Friday, 23 December 2005 21:30 (twenty years ago)

Then you can come like a comet

What, once every 75 years?

Matt DC (Matt DC), Friday, 23 December 2005 21:38 (twenty years ago)

Well but that's kinda the point, right? That "my boyfriend doesn't please me in X way" is like something we take seriously, whereas "my girlfriend doesn't please me in X way" is something we're at least a little skeptical about. Because we tend to view hetero sex the same way we view hetero dates -- as a kind of performance in which a man should be in charge of showing a woman a good time.

That's the case in the abstract, anyway, but it seems like real life isn't particularly vexed by that, so I don't know that it's a very big deal. Kind of funny, though.

nabisco (nabisco), Friday, 23 December 2005 21:41 (twenty years ago)

How to please a man: show up naked. Bring beer.

Am I right or am I right? (miloaukerman), Friday, 23 December 2005 21:44 (twenty years ago)

whereas "my girlfriend doesn't please me in X way" is something we're at least a little skeptical about

I'm not, not when it happens to me. But I don't go around with a bullhorn about it, and anyway, I have to blame myself a little, too. I'm not sure of the woman Nabisco is describing, who talks a lot about what man is pleasing her or not. That's not acceptable at all by my standerds. That's just kinda bitchy.

Paunchy Stratego (kenan), Friday, 23 December 2005 21:51 (twenty years ago)

it seems like real life isn't particularly vexed by that

True. Real life has too many other things to be vexed about.

Paunchy Stratego (kenan), Friday, 23 December 2005 21:53 (twenty years ago)

"fuck-n-forget" is not exactly the same thing as Batemen's Principle of sexual selection.

I never said they were the same thing, I said that the notion that it was nothing but socially-constructed crap is wrong (ref: Bateman's Principle).

NoTimeBeforeTime (Barry Bruner), Friday, 23 December 2005 21:55 (twenty years ago)

Ha, Kenan "the woman who talks like that" = "the undergrad who invariably sits next to me at the cafe and talks REALLY LOUD into her cellphone about her love life." Alternately I heard a report back from some kind of sex-toy Tupperware-party thing where supposedly it was a bunch of women sitting around talking about how horrible and boring their boyfriends and husbands were!

nabisco (nabisco), Friday, 23 December 2005 21:58 (twenty years ago)

xpost But it is crap. If I ever feel like a slave to my biology, it's when I have really *good* sex with someone, which makes me emotionally attached to them perhaps apart from their personality. Reproductive biology ain't what it used to be.

it seems like real life isn't particularly vexed by that

try if you can not to have sex with her.

Paunchy Stratego (kenan), Friday, 23 December 2005 21:59 (twenty years ago)

That italicized quote should have read:

the undergrad who invariably sits next to me at the cafe and talks REALLY LOUD into her cellphone about her love life

Paunchy Stratego (kenan), Friday, 23 December 2005 22:01 (twenty years ago)

I'll bet that girl at the cafe is the kind of girl whose sex style would involve a lot of playing out of really corny television-acquired notions of "sexy woman," possibly down to saying horrible things like "oh yeah, give it to me, big boy," which would surely put me, for one, off.

nabisco (nabisco), Friday, 23 December 2005 22:05 (twenty years ago)

the undergrad who invariably sits next to me at the cafe and talks REALLY LOUD into her cellphone about her love life

That may be solid evidence that most of us should have by outgrown this whole thread topic.

Paunchy Stratego (kenan), Friday, 23 December 2005 22:06 (twenty years ago)

nabisco - be very glad you avoided cabs this week

gabbneb (gabbneb), Friday, 23 December 2005 22:06 (twenty years ago)

Lots of bitchy undergrads in cabs in NYC?

Paunchy Stratego (kenan), Friday, 23 December 2005 22:07 (twenty years ago)

the potential applications of Bateman's principleare many (polygamy being the most obvious) - to use it in support of the culturally-constructed "men are programmed to fuck-n-forget" argument is kinda blinkered, n'est-pas

Banana Nutrament (ghostface), Friday, 23 December 2005 23:16 (twenty years ago)

The potential applications are many is correct--I've seen it used as an argument AGAINST the theory that males of some species (including humans) are programmed to fuck-n-forget.

Allyzay must fight Zolton herself. (allyzay), Friday, 23 December 2005 23:24 (twenty years ago)

yeah - one of which is that women don't WANT men who "fuck-n'-forget" so since the women drive the selection process men evolve NOT to do so

TOMBOT, Friday, 23 December 2005 23:34 (twenty years ago)

Personally, I disagree with the "fuck n forget" argument being used as an answer to this thread question (as Michael, Nabisco, and Kenan have already said), but since we're on the subject now ...

Humans form family units because we are intelligent and can pass on knowledge to our offspring, thereby increasing their overall level of genetic fitness. Animals species that don't rely on shared knowledge are better off abandoning their offspring rather than expending energy to care for them. In that case, the best way to maximize the survival of their genes is to mate as much as possible -- a quantity over quality scenario. All of this is deeply rooted in biology ... biology dictates the social structure, not the other way around.

Humans can overcome being complete slaves to Bateman's Principle, but it would be silly to claim that it has no bearing on human reproduction considering the habits of most mammals (males take on limited roles in parenting). Perhaps more importantly, women produce hundreds of eggs in their lifetime and males produce hundreds of millions of sperm per day, which is basically all the proof we need that the principle of "sperm is cheap" holds considerable biological significance for humans.

Sorry if all this is obvious to everyone, but I do think that the influence of biology is understated in discussions such as these.

NoTimeBeforeTime (Barry Bruner), Saturday, 24 December 2005 02:18 (twenty years ago)

It's worth pointing out that the risk of circular reasoning appears to be very strong when it comes to hypostatising genetic bases to behaviour. Circular reasoning is certainly rife in ethology. Darwin wasn't free of it either. Circularity arises when we infer a genetic source for some behaviour purely from its effect, ie that behaviour itself. In the words of, I think, Hull, one can have as many genetic explanations as one wants by adopting this strategy, but will never have enough.

For example, if we posit that women have a nurturing instinct, and this is why they nurture, then the circularity and non-explanatory trickery is all too clear. If we twiddle our thumbs, it's because we have a thumb-twiddling instinct. If we don't, it's because we have a not-thumb-twiddling instinct. Buses arrive in threes because they have a herding instinct. If they arrive separately, it's because they have a separation instinct.

Reading back through the thread, there's plenty of this kind of reasoning. No offense to anyone - it's really hard to avoid in the absence of biological structures we can see and give a name not immediately referrable to the effect we are trying to explain.

ratty, Saturday, 24 December 2005 02:34 (twenty years ago)

i'm too lazy to read the whole thread, but my take on it is: most girls are used to guys who are in it to get off, so they're used to it. i don't complain unless it's REALLY bad, and i agree that the girl needs to do her part. i mean, if a guy can get off easier, that doesn't mean she shouldn't try at all to make the experience good for both of them. also, at least for me, even if a guy doesn't give me an orgasm, i can still enjoy the pleasurable aspects of fucking and not be bitter about it.

tres letraj (tehresa), Saturday, 24 December 2005 04:01 (twenty years ago)

It's worth pointing out that the risk of circular reasoning appears to be very strong when it comes to hypostatising genetic bases to behaviour. Circular reasoning is certainly rife in ethology. Darwin wasn't free of it either. Circularity arises when we infer a genetic source for some behaviour purely from its effect, ie that behaviour itself. In the words of, I think, Hull, one can have as many genetic explanations as one wants by adopting this strategy, but will never have enough.
For example, if we posit that women have a nurturing instinct, and this is why they nurture, then the circularity and non-explanatory trickery is all too clear. If we twiddle our thumbs, it's because we have a thumb-twiddling instinct. If we don't, it's because we have a not-thumb-twiddling instinct. Buses arrive in threes because they have a herding instinct. If they arrive separately, it's because they have a separation instinct.

Reading back through the thread, there's plenty of this kind of reasoning. No offense to anyone - it's really hard to avoid in the absence of biological structures we can see and give a name not immediately referrable to the effect we are trying to explain.

er...come again.

stu, Saturday, 24 December 2005 05:05 (twenty years ago)

I missed this before, but I think Lara's on to something here, so to speak. If it takes a woman a good deal of time to come through penetrative sex and the guy's not a heroic sexual athlete, be fucking (and I use the word advisedly here) creative.

A woman can mainly (but not only) come through oral sex. Not my words, but some sex expert's words.

Nathalie (stevie nixed), Saturday, 24 December 2005 05:18 (twenty years ago)

manual stimulation doesn't hurt!

tres letraj (tehresa), Saturday, 24 December 2005 05:22 (twenty years ago)

(unless they're really bad at it, which happened to me once!)

tres letraj (tehresa), Saturday, 24 December 2005 05:22 (twenty years ago)

Hah! I meant when having sex with a guy/girl.

Nathalie (stevie nixed), Saturday, 24 December 2005 05:23 (twenty years ago)

so did i...

tres letraj (tehresa), Saturday, 24 December 2005 05:23 (twenty years ago)

http://paullynde.info/clips/Laughing.wvx

inger lynde (Jody Beth Rosen), Saturday, 24 December 2005 05:24 (twenty years ago)

oh wait i meant to post that on "funniest things"! sorry

inger lynde (Jody Beth Rosen), Saturday, 24 December 2005 05:43 (twenty years ago)

it still works! i laugh all the time during sex!

tres letraj (tehresa), Saturday, 24 December 2005 05:48 (twenty years ago)

Reading this thread and thinking about it, I'm starting to think performance pressure is way too big a thing in my sex life. I mean I've been with someone for four years now, and I've been told I'm good and have no reason to think I'm not, and yet somewhere in the back of my mind, I'm worrying about it every moment of sex, like if her head isn't exploding with pleasure I'm doing something wrong.

Abbadavid Berman (Hurting), Saturday, 24 December 2005 06:58 (twenty years ago)

Being over-attentive can be almost as bad as being inattentive. When a guy is watching you intently and expectantly every second looking for affirmation of his sexual prowess, there is a kind of pressure to "perform" in your reactions and fake enthusiasm. Which is kind of stressful, and not as fun as just reacting naturally and enjoying each other. Don't worry! You've been with her four years; she likes you and she likes sex with you and you can relax.

Laura H. (laurah), Sunday, 25 December 2005 00:11 (twenty years ago)

It's Christmas, get the fuck over ourselves.

Sick Mouthy (Nick Southall), Sunday, 25 December 2005 00:20 (twenty years ago)

wait tom women drive the selection process huh?

cozen (Cozen), Sunday, 25 December 2005 00:29 (twenty years ago)

To answer the original question posed by Nabisco in 2003: I think it has something to do with gender power relations. For thousands of years the sterotypical intercourse was one where the man took his pleasure and the woman laid down and thought of the Queen; I'm not saying this is how sex was in real life, but no doubt it was less equal than today. Women's pleasure started to be taken more widely into consideration only during the 20th century, with the sexual revolution and the rise of second wave feminism. Feeling the sort of collective guilt for their forefathers behaviour, the liberal men of today don't want to repeat those sins, and try to do their best to make the sex as pleasurable as possible for the women. Which of course is a good thing, but because the pendulum has for the first time swung into the opposite direction, there is some overreacting too. Which means that some men are being too conscious of their partners pleasure, and some women feel they can freely mock men who don't meet their rather egotistical demands. This is a bad analogy, but it is kinda the same reason why you can have action films where women beat up loads of men, but not the other way around. Likewise, a guy making demands about a girl's performance is not the same thing as a girl making demands about a guy's performance. It might be the same thing in a situation where true gender equality exists, but there is also the rather physiological fact that women, in general, seem to reach orgasm less easily. Acknowledging this, though, doesn't mean thinking men can orgasm with a snap of their fingers; I'm speaking here as a guy who has, during his recent sexual encounters, reached orgasm less often than the girl has.

Tuomas (Tuomas), Sunday, 25 December 2005 01:16 (twenty years ago)

(I probably shouldn't be writing this shit on Christmas Day 3AM.)

Tuomas (Tuomas), Sunday, 25 December 2005 01:17 (twenty years ago)

I haven't read the whole thread and I'm too drunk right now to bother, so forgive me if I repeat the sentiments of others, but I think the answer to the question also lies in the mechanics of sex and the attitude of many men towards it: that much of the time, when the man is done, it's all over and goodnight, regardless of whether the woman is done. No one wants to be stuck in a chronically unsatisfying sexual relationship, and I think although we are leaps and bounds forward from where we used to be, that women are still more likely to end up in that situation than men. Thus, they complain, and want more for themselves, and rightly so.

I also think it would be just fine for a man to say, "I certainly wouldn't put up with any woman who just lies there" or "I couldn't date someone who wouldn't do [sexual act I really like]." Regardless of gender, people should seek out partners that meet their needs, and what's wrong with that?

I have to go to church now.

Laura H. (laurah), Sunday, 25 December 2005 01:36 (twenty years ago)

women produce hundreds of eggs in their lifetime and males produce hundreds of millions of sperm per day

It's worse than that. Women are born with all the eggs they'll ever have.

Paunchy Stratego (kenan), Sunday, 25 December 2005 05:05 (twenty years ago)

There is indeed a lot of biology and psychology that goes into our individual sexual equations.

That is, in fact, one of the primary reasons that the "abstinence only" programs fail as a sex ed curriculum in HS. People are driven by the basic biological need to reproduce, and that will take precedence over anything you tell them. Abstinence only works fine the day you tell them to say no, but when the hormones kick in, that goes out the window in a lot of cases. The human drive to reproduce mimics most other mammals in that the male is programmed to do exactly what I suggested. It is not hard to overcome, of course, but you have to make the effort to do it.

Unless and until you provide me with something that proves or suggests otherwise, I stand by my original statement.

alma, Sunday, 25 December 2005 13:36 (twenty years ago)

There is indeed a lot of biology and psychology that goes into our individual sexual equations.

That is, in fact, one of the primary reasons that the "abstinence only" programs fail as a sex ed curriculum in HS. People are driven by the basic biological need to reproduce, and that will take precedence over anything you tell them.

Your first statement refers to "individual" sexual equations. You then try to relate it to statistical reacions to a population at large. It might be true that "people" are driven by the basic biological need to reproduce, but that doesn't necessarily mean that any "individual" (even with that set of "people") is so driven.

Casuistry (Chris P), Sunday, 25 December 2005 22:29 (twenty years ago)

(as evidenced by my proclivity for gym socks)

remy (x Jeremy), Sunday, 25 December 2005 22:34 (twenty years ago)

Being over-attentive can be almost as bad as being inattentive. When a guy is watching you intently and expectantly every second looking for affirmation of his sexual prowess, there is a kind of pressure to "perform" in your reactions and fake enthusiasm. Which is kind of stressful, and not as fun as just reacting naturally and enjoying each other. Don't worry! You've been with her four years; she likes you and she likes sex with you and you can relax.

OTfuckingM. It's really enough to put you off of having sex with that partner at all.

Allyzay must fight Zolton herself. (allyzay), Monday, 26 December 2005 17:13 (twenty years ago)

HOW DOES THAT FEEL? IS THAT GOOD? U LIKE THAT? OH YEAH U LOVE IT!

cutty (mcutt), Monday, 26 December 2005 17:34 (twenty years ago)

..looking for affirmation of his sexual prowess, there is a kind of pressure to "perform" in your reactions and fake enthusiasm.

Isn't that overthinking? I mean, isn't it possible that the guy just wants you to get something out of the experience and is turned on by your arousal? "Affirmation of his sexual prowess," really? I mean, what if there's guilt on the part of the guy when the woman isn't enjoying it as much? Acting like every guy is all egocentric is part of the stereotype!

mike h. (mike h.), Monday, 26 December 2005 17:54 (twenty years ago)

When you're responding to their come ons and actually have said the words "I'm interested" (or some variant), then no, sorry, there's something wrong with the dude mentally that the problem is that you're not moaning loud enough or thrashing around in an acceptably porny fashion. That's not a normal expectation to have, every time you have sex.

Allyzay must fight Zolton herself. (allyzay), Monday, 26 December 2005 17:57 (twenty years ago)

Agreed! I guess I was thinking more of a lack of self confidence on the male side, but that's still really a guy problem.

mike h. (mike h.), Monday, 26 December 2005 18:06 (twenty years ago)

"Affirmation of his sexual prowess," really? I mean, what if there's guilt on the part of the guy when the woman isn't enjoying it as much?

I get that, but it's kind of the difference between wanting you to have a good time, and needing you to have a good time.

Laura H. (laurah), Monday, 26 December 2005 19:47 (twenty years ago)

You can tell the difference between a man who wants you to have an orgasm for your enjoyment rather than for his own gratification.

tokyo nursery school: afternoon session (rosemary), Monday, 26 December 2005 22:51 (twenty years ago)

women produce hundreds of eggs in their lifetime and males produce hundreds of millions of sperm per day

It's worse than that. Women are born with all the eggs they'll ever have.

I did know that, but I guess I could have worded that sentence in a way that didn't suggest my possible ignorance about the reproductive system.

Your first statement refers to "individual" sexual equations. You then try to relate it to statistical reacions to a population at large. It might be true that "people" are driven by the basic biological need to reproduce, but that doesn't necessarily mean that any "individual" (even with that set of "people") is so driven.

This is self-evident, no? It doesn't affect alma's argument.

NoTimeBeforeTime (Barry Bruner), Tuesday, 27 December 2005 01:01 (twenty years ago)

BTW, despite what you might think about a person who keeps derailing discussions about orgasms into discussions about science, sex with me really is lots of fun.

NoTimeBeforeTime (Barry Bruner), Tuesday, 27 December 2005 01:03 (twenty years ago)

When a guy is watching you intently and expectantly every second looking for affirmation of his sexual prowess, there is a kind of pressure to "perform" in your reactions and fake enthusiasm. Which is kind of stressful, and not as fun as just reacting naturally and enjoying each other.

This happens in the other gender direction, too! Except less about attention and more about presumption. Like women who think getting with them is the awesomest thing ever, but in reality they're kinda hurting you.

nabiscothingy, Tuesday, 27 December 2005 02:08 (twenty years ago)

http://www.ezthemes.com/previews/s/sweet.jpg

kephm (kephm), Tuesday, 27 December 2005 02:47 (twenty years ago)


Love is like oxygen
You get too much you get too high
Not enough and you're gonna die
Love gets you high

kephm (kephm), Tuesday, 27 December 2005 02:49 (twenty years ago)

I submit that a certain amount of, say, bravado among women is a defensive measure, a way of keeping up confidence when the social script casts you as the partner with more to lose from being sexually active/aggressive, and sometimes maybe even a pre-emptive strike in case the arrangement ends badly (whether it's a dating sort of thing or a one-time deal): it wasn't that good, anyway. Or maybe just a reassurance that whatever else happens, at least you kept control of the situation, you maintained a lot of agency rather than being passive and "letting" things happen to you. Unfortunately it's probably self-fulfilling to some degree because knee-wateringly good sex takes a frightening amount of intimacy & communication, but that's an awful lot of vulnerability to ask from a relatively casual encounter -- lots of people aren't that good at keeping the channels open (or even realizing the channels are there).

Granted, the descrip of Uptown Girls shrilling into their cell phones about deficient partners sounds like a different kind of...over-entitlement, but I suspect the phenomenon as a whole has several root causes.

Laurel (Laurel), Tuesday, 27 December 2005 04:16 (twenty years ago)

It's worse than that. Women are born with all the eggs they'll ever have.

When a midwife told us this, I completely freaked out. Worrying even more about the baby in my belly. *sigh*

Nathalie (stevie nixed), Tuesday, 27 December 2005 04:20 (twenty years ago)

Or maybe just a reassurance that whatever else happens, at least you kept control of the situation, you maintained a lot of agency rather than being passive and "letting" things happen to you.

Er, not to be confused with taking an *active role* since as discussed this is about expecting MEN to perform...just that if you're worried about being taken advantage of in some sense, it's easy to wind up being over-demanding/critical. Because equality/math/life is hard.

Laurel (Laurel), Tuesday, 27 December 2005 05:06 (twenty years ago)

two years pass...

i suffer from a bit of performance anxiety. simply cos i havent um performed in almost a year lol. someone give me a tip to combat these nerves.

mr x, Monday, 7 April 2008 10:49 (seventeen years ago)

Practice! Find a nice girl who'll have a bit a bit of patience with and explain the situation to her. Worked for me recently, and I was in a similar position. I know, easier said than done etc. Also if down there isn't behaving quite as it should, make sure you use every other means at your disposal to give her satisfaction - this'll help you get your confidence back.

chap, Monday, 7 April 2008 10:56 (seventeen years ago)

ta. got a facebook buddy who has intimated that she would be up for it but im a bit worried she has quite high expectations cos of the nature of our phone/msn conversations. i dont think im bad in bed or anything, its just that after so long you become less sure.

mr x, Monday, 7 April 2008 10:59 (seventeen years ago)

Dear Mr x do you read? never mind, I suggest gay awful no good, horrible,very bad house music for all the confidence in the world. trust me it works! best wishes!

Kiwi, Monday, 7 April 2008 11:06 (seventeen years ago)

the nature of our phone/msn conversations

http://www.df.lth.se/~ola/Starwars/Empire/thumbs/thumb0.jpg

J0rdan S., Monday, 7 April 2008 11:07 (seventeen years ago)

Just go for it, I say. If she's a halfway decent person it won't really matter if you don't live up to her expectations, which you may have blown out of proportion anyway.

chap, Monday, 7 April 2008 11:08 (seventeen years ago)

"I suggest gay awful no good, horrible,very bad house music"

er.... thanks?

jordan s, im more of a return of the jedi guy myself.

mr x, Monday, 7 April 2008 11:10 (seventeen years ago)

Chap OTM. I think most people would understand that you're not necessarily up for you're best performance when you're doing it for the first time with a new person. With most couples it takes a while to get used to each other's needs and likes. It'd be different if she was just looking for a good one-night lay, but that doesn't seem to be the case here.

Tuomas, Monday, 7 April 2008 11:47 (seventeen years ago)

ok, thing is, im just a bit worried if i tell her ive not been in action for a while, she might not be as enthusiastic. i have met her once, and part of the thing there was i was a bit nervous about the idea of us going back to mine for the reasons ive mentioned above. im not sure if she wants a relationship or just a shagging buddy, and TBH ive only slept with the girls ive been in relationships with, by and large, or at least dated a bit (not a huge number as ive been in relationships most of the time), so this isnt home turf for me.

mr x, Monday, 7 April 2008 13:48 (seventeen years ago)

I thought "mr x" was max and was like "oh no max"

Catsupppppppppppppp dude 茄蕃, Monday, 7 April 2008 14:02 (seventeen years ago)

I still say go for it. A 'good one night lay' is a relatively rare thing, I think, the (very few) one-night stands I've had have been crap, and there hasn't ever been any noticeable hard feelings. Also, you may well surprise yourself. Also, it bears repeating, there's more than one method of pleasing a woman.

chap, Monday, 7 April 2008 14:13 (seventeen years ago)

i kinda feel like i need to tell her about taking an er, respite from the shagging frontlines, anyway, so prob will. hopefully things will proceed as they have been after that.

mr x, Monday, 7 April 2008 14:16 (seventeen years ago)

wait this isn't the same as the hpv genital warts girl, is it???

tehresa, Monday, 7 April 2008 14:19 (seventeen years ago)

who?!

mr x, Monday, 7 April 2008 14:28 (seventeen years ago)

oh nm i guess that was another troll

tehresa, Monday, 7 April 2008 14:46 (seventeen years ago)

Performances are for actors or trained animals. If you can't be open, honest and 'vulnerable' with your sexual partner, you've jumped the tracks already.

P.S. This opinion will almost certainly earn me flack. Lalalalalala! I'm not listening!

Aimless, Monday, 7 April 2008 18:00 (seventeen years ago)

I seem to remember an interesting dialogue about this from 'Chasing Amy'.
-- Spencer Chow (spencermfi), Friday, February 14, 2003 12:31 AM (5 years ago) Bookmark Link

ian, Monday, 7 April 2008 18:01 (seventeen years ago)

I don't mean this in one of those "such a double standard" sort of ways, because even as a double standard it's not one I'd have a terrible problem with. But Lara on the hat thread jokes about getting angry with anyone she dated who underperformed, a sort of sentiment that's actually really common. Conversely I doubt many men could get away with saying "I certainly wouldn't put up with any woman who couldn't" ... well, I dunno, you fill in, because apart from visible physical characteristics it's considered unfunny and impolite and just bad to criticize women's sexual performance. In my experience guys don't even do this in one another's company! I've heard maybe the barest hint of it, and that very rarely.
I'm not sure what my question is but I find this interesting.

-- nabisco (nabisco), Thursday, February 13, 2003 7:29 PM (5 years ago) Bookmark Link

BRAGGIN [nabisco]!

Catsupppppppppppppp dude 茄蕃, Monday, 7 April 2008 18:03 (seventeen years ago)

Yeah wow I can't believe I started this thread, even by back-in-the-day standards.

nabisco, Monday, 7 April 2008 19:00 (seventeen years ago)

I can't remember why, either (did I get with someone who was really bad, and then realized I felt guilty thinking so?), but for the purposes of all ILX, past present and future, let's pretend I am a eunuch, or the brain of a eunuch which has been preserved in a jar and connected to the internet, like the thing from Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles.

nabisco, Monday, 7 April 2008 19:03 (seventeen years ago)

That's sort of how I've always thought of you, actually. And his name KRANG.

ian, Monday, 7 April 2008 19:09 (seventeen years ago)

I dont want girls to think I suck dick at fuckin' pussy

Alex in Baltimore, Monday, 7 April 2008 19:11 (seventeen years ago)

NO SEX IN DIMENSION X

Catsupppppppppppppp dude 茄蕃, Monday, 7 April 2008 19:13 (seventeen years ago)

Ian ZierZING

nabisco, Monday, 7 April 2008 19:14 (seventeen years ago)

its just something we say when we're mad

a dude i dated not too long ago said that all girls are the same in bed. i wonder if thats true?

homosexual II, Tuesday, 8 April 2008 00:44 (seventeen years ago)

no

Catsupppppppppppppp dude 茄蕃, Tuesday, 8 April 2008 00:44 (seventeen years ago)

he needs to sleep with more women

Catsupppppppppppppp dude 茄蕃, Tuesday, 8 April 2008 00:44 (seventeen years ago)

doppelbangers

estela, Tuesday, 8 April 2008 01:10 (seventeen years ago)

I thought "mr x" was max and was like "oh no max"

-- Catsupppppppppppppp dude 茄蕃, Monday, April 7, 2008 7:02 AM (11 hours ago) Bookmark Link

nooooooo

max, Tuesday, 8 April 2008 01:18 (seventeen years ago)

krang otm

max, Tuesday, 8 April 2008 01:18 (seventeen years ago)

http://filebox.vt.edu/users/mhemsteg/tmntnet2.mov

krang otm

Catsupppppppppppppp dude 茄蕃, Tuesday, 8 April 2008 01:24 (seventeen years ago)

Isn't the female equivalent to be called "frigid"? I don't think it's got quite the currency it used to have, but ... yeah.

lukas, Tuesday, 8 April 2008 09:30 (seventeen years ago)

I think "frigid" means "don't much care for sex" rather than "wants sex, but nervous about it".

Mandee, that guy you dated was crazy. In my opinion, everyone is different in bed. That's exactly why it's unlikely to have a perfect "performance" the first time you have sex with someone. It takes a while to learn what short of invidual your partner is in bed.

Tuomas, Tuesday, 8 April 2008 16:14 (seventeen years ago)

nine years pass...

doing this new thing where i howl right before cave diving

i n f i n i t y (∞), Friday, 5 May 2017 01:58 (eight years ago)

thread revive of the century

frogbs, Friday, 5 May 2017 02:01 (eight years ago)

Hope your cert. agency was NSS-CDS or GUE.

behavioral sink (Sanpaku), Friday, 5 May 2017 03:18 (eight years ago)

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i n f i n i t y (∞), Friday, 5 May 2017 03:59 (eight years ago)

omg! was this the thread where nabisco was not otm? my reality is shattered

Moodles, Friday, 5 May 2017 04:19 (eight years ago)

holy shit yessssssssssss

flappy bird, Friday, 5 May 2017 04:50 (eight years ago)

^ that's what she said

i n f i n i t y (∞), Friday, 5 May 2017 05:31 (eight years ago)

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flappy bird, Friday, 5 May 2017 05:40 (eight years ago)

why are demands about nabisco's otmness quite so acceptable

schlump, Friday, 5 May 2017 22:58 (eight years ago)

trust nabisco to turn this into a v.sly boast
― mark s (mark s)

i was wondering what we called them before harris wittels popularized "humblebrag"!

why ruin a good tradition? (Will M.), Saturday, 6 May 2017 05:21 (eight years ago)


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