As for the movement of sexuality to the internet, I will talk about that next time. However, there is also an important movement in the idealization of sexuality. While it has always been cool to be able to get "mad biddies," it is almost becoming cool to be a skank at this point. A movie came out in the past couple of years entitled "The Pregnancy Pact," which recorded true events of a group of girls, who were planning to get pregnant, as a group. In the move "Easy A," the lead role searches for popularity and recognition by becoming overly sexual. And the same goes for real life. These kinds of extreme acts of sexuality are becoming more and more popular, as it becomes more and more OK to act that way.
Last semester, a group of boys and girls created a game here on campus that they called "The Hunger Games," as a pun on the upcoming movie. However, the theme of this game was nothing like that of the movie. These students tallied up their hook ups, one point per base, no repeats, as a way to compete. Now don't get me wrong, I think that this idea is hilarious and as long as no one is getting hurt, there is no harm. However, it gives a pretty straight forward example of how the view of sexuality is changing. This probably would have been a much bigger deal years ago, but now, it is just one of a couple similar games on campus.
Oddly enough, a third "Hunger Games" has come to my attention while at Skidmore. In this game, students will go to another college where they do not know someone, and therefore leave it up to themselves to find shelter for the evening, with or without the use of sex. Or else you'll...go hungry ;) get it?
What you consider to be appropriate is up to you, and how you allow others to see you is the same. But there is a definite shift in what is normal in society. So Hunger Games? Ok, that's fine. Let's try to stay away from pregnancy pacts though..
xoxo,
Sean Jesse Parker
