ok so i’ve seen people say that lewd things are bad. why is that? i’d like to hear it from you personally.

i’ve come up with a variety of theories so far but none really track.

  • DougPiranha42@lemmy.world
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    2 days ago

    Ok many comments bash OP for the word choice “prudish” to point out this is a bad faith troll. I would also point out the issue with “hate sex”. There are people who are not prudish at all, and love sex, and still don’t want to see lewd things. Famously, arousal reduces thresholds for feeling disgust. I would argue that it is quite normal for humans to see overly revealing images of most bodies off putting, unless in an actual sexual situation. Then, there are people, I would be fine calling them prudish in the lack of a better term, as shyness kind of undersells this, who really don’t want to see, hear, talk about, or even mention sex. Someone like that can still really like sex- doing it, not talking about it. So “hate sex” is not the same as “don’t want to see explicit porn all the time everywhere”.

  • Vanth@reddthat.comEnglish
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    2 months ago

    prudish people

    Wanna try again with an opening that isn’t so bad faith?

    Edit: Well, didn’t take long to prove my point and double-down. OP laughed at someone’s genuine response. OP is getting the “bad faith troll” user tag

        • Rhynoplaz@lemmy.world
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          2 months ago

          I disagree. It’s a term that describes a specific personality trait, which is exactly what they are asking about. If you have a bad connotation with the word, that’s not their fault.

            • Rhynoplaz@lemmy.world
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              2 months ago

              A prude is a person with a very sensitive attitude and narrowness towards custom and morality.[1][2] The word prude comes from the Old French word prudefemme also prodefemme meaning loyal, respectable or modest woman,

              This is what you linked. THIS sounds offensive?

              • chunes@lemmy.world
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                2 months ago

                Protip: if a word has a section called ‘Perjorative use’ on wikipedia, that means it’s not a nice thing to call people.