Argh, I can't understand this fad either! What's with the fluffy-bunnyizing of the Creatures of the Night? I think you've got a point about the anti-GLBTers and the de-clawing/de-fanging of vampires and their colleagues, but I also wonder if it's a more general denial of sexuality. The mob-hysteria thing kind of reeks of desperation, all those kids wearing chastity rings or whatever the hell they're called, but still having to put their raging hormones somewhere.
America displays a complete schism as regards sexuality. Well, the marriage of sexuality and violence, too. We live in a culture where we are constantly deluged with sexual imagery and messages, a society steeped in the erotic. And we're told it's virtuous to be chaste. We are deluged in violence, including the government-sanctioned murder of war, and are told it is wrong to harm another human being. These disconnects are inevitable, given the contradictions.
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Date: 2009-07-27 06:46 pm (UTC)Argh, I can't understand this fad either! What's with the fluffy-bunnyizing of the Creatures of the Night? I think you've got a point about the anti-GLBTers and the de-clawing/de-fanging of vampires and their colleagues, but I also wonder if it's a more general denial of sexuality. The mob-hysteria thing kind of reeks of desperation, all those kids wearing chastity rings or whatever the hell they're called, but still having to put their raging hormones somewhere.
America displays a complete schism as regards sexuality. Well, the marriage of sexuality and violence, too. We live in a culture where we are constantly deluged with sexual imagery and messages, a society steeped in the erotic. And we're told it's virtuous to be chaste. We are deluged in violence, including the government-sanctioned murder of war, and are told it is wrong to harm another human being. These disconnects are inevitable, given the contradictions.