Thank you for the comments on my earlier post on this topic. I do have a lot more to say about this. If people are interested, it might turn into a series of posts on this topic. I want to have a discussion about this, not just write down my ideas in one long essay. Of course, I do have some definite ideas in my mind that I wish to bring up, so I will be steering this discussion in that direction.

In response to the comments on the earlier post, perhaps I should explain what sort of thing I want to talk about. I am not looking at this as a moral issue. So there are no judgements being passed and it is certainly not about the simple question of whether you are hurting anyone or not. If you look at it literally, we can say that something is perverted if it is not the way it is "meant to be". So is there a particular way that sexuality is meant to be? The politically correct answer is that there are no such absolutes. Everyone is free to do what they like. But I am not talking about individual freedom here. I am talking about the true role and potential of sexuality in our lives.

I think this is definitely worth looking at. But to talk about this in a meaningful way, we have to leave personal preferences, religions, our egos, political opinions, etc. out of it. If I say that something is perverted, I do not mean to pass moral judgement.

It is something like this. A book is meant to be read. If you use the book as a doorstop, that is a perverted way to use it. It does not make you a bad person. It does not even make you a stupid person. After all, the book does serve this new function quite well. But still, that is not what the book is for. I want to talk about sexual perversion in that spirit - without moral judgement, but at the same time without too much regard for political correctness.

So, now that I have clarified the topic a bit more... does anyone have anything to say?