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We live in a hyper-sexual world. There's no way to escape provocative images in media, news, television, film. We've become so saturated with provocation that many have become desensitized to it, and I believe this trend has caused a serious problem with human relations and the ability to experience pure intimacy with another. Such primal connections between a man and woman are necessary for survival on multiple levels, and the entire human race depends on them to a large extent. I'm not speaking only in the context of procreation, but also in the context of pure and positive emotions, energies and life forces free from superficial ties, as these things can rarely sustain relationships long term, or ensure that societies remain cohesive and progressive.

I've watched curiously over the years as my friends play online dating games, spinning like hamsters in a wheel at a frantic pace, moving from one partner to the next. Yet they go absolutely nowhere, stuck in the same cage of loneliness year after year. What does all of this dating and fucking get you in the end? For me, absolutely nothing but exhaustion, frustration and frayed nerves. So, I gave up on these games long ago, and have been in a celibate state for prolonged periods during various phases of life. Today I'll share some insight into the positive and negative aspects of this choice, which very few understand.

My whole life I thought differently about sex compared to the masses. What exactly is "sex"? For the purpose of this post, I'm speaking about penetration, not other forms of sensual contact, with yourself or another. I was the last of all my friends to lose my virginity, and I wrote about the beautiful experience here. I'm not a psychologist, but the root of this distinction is probably connected to my warm, loving and large family, and especially my very present father. I grew up with constant attention, love, support, a lot of hugs and positive reinforcement. Thus, there was never a need to search for validation from men in the same way women with unstable or absent fathers sometimes do. The "daddy complex" - it's a very real thing I've seen manifested in women at various points in life.

Because I'm an innately sexual and uninhibited person, self-pleasure was never an issue for me, and masturbation was the norm since teenage years. I embraced it with a lot of vigor and experimentation. So, I was able to achieve the rush and release of orgasm on my own, and craved physical contact with men for other reasons.  It was like a search for a connection on a very cerebral level, because for me sex without some type of bond beyond the pure physical is meaningless. The few times I've engaged in these games, there was a feeling of complete void afterward. This connection doesn't have to be love - it can be a shared interest, ignition of arousal through intelligent discourse, or some other magical force that cannot be explained, but exists in a given moment. However, I cannot in any way relate to these modern trends where people just flip through their mobile device or laptop screens, glimpsing at one photo after the next, viewing people like shiny items on display in a market.

I’m quite certain that two strangers can achieve a high level of pleasure and satisfaction on a purely carnal level, but real intimacy requires communication, gentle direction and openness. No two people are the same - pleasure and erotic points vary, rhythms, desires...for me, there must be some level of trust in the other person that he will not simply use, abuse and discard me like a child who grows bored with a new toy after a few weeks. That he will not grow insulted or offended by direction, discussions about experimentation, and mainly that he's not a selfish lover. Because this type of man – the absolute worst, and there is no place for them in my life.

Everyone is conditioned to think they need more, more and more sex, just like material things. Yet for me it is not about quantity, but quality. Perhaps it is just biological female programming, or something else, not sure. It is just the way I am, and I’ve never felt any need or desire to change this aspect of my personality and being.

About the benefits of celibacy – well, they seem quite obvious and logical to me, though they may vary depending on the person. The main benefit for me in the beginning is that it allowed me to disengage from a lot of false beliefs and expectations about sex. All the rest – of course, it allows you more time to focus on yourself, understand your own body and needs, pursue other activities, and not be engaged with potential partners who negatively affect your self-esteem, body image, or sense of being worthy of love...lots of other things. By being a bit patient and taking the time to know a man, his expectations, and whether they are aligned with my goals and purpose in life, there is a higher probability that some type of unconditional love may build, rather than mere lust.  At least for me personally, although we are all blinded by love, even tricked by it on occasion, no matter how many precautions we take.

The downsides – sometimes it can be frustrating! :) Yet for me, a few moments of pleasure or ecstasy don't outweigh the awful feeling of developing false or superficial attachments to the wrong man. For the weak or those bound by societal expectations, I suppose another downside is that many people will view your behavior as “strange” or “abnormal”. They will continually question how you can survive without sex for more than a few weeks, or even days. But, really, have you ever heard of someone dying from lack of sex? :) Being sexually frustrated, rejected or used can impact mood, self-perception, self-esteem and many other things - in both positive and negative ways - but it will not lead to death.

Finally, I want to say that this is not a judgment on people who are promiscuous, or those who have one night stands, all of the things that are mostly mainstream in society now, at least here in the USA. This especially pertains to females – because all of these labels such as whore, slut, tramp…so many other derogatory insults which misogynists continually throw around – they are the biggest examples of gender bias that exist. Women, like men, are free to do what they wish with their bodies, and with whom. And they should not be judged in any way for it, whether it's choosing abstinence or going on some wild fucking spree with dozens of men. By the way, what exactly makes a woman a “slut” – how fast she sleeps with you, how many men she has slept with, or some other ridiculous parameter…?

I’ve learned to never say never. Maybe someday I’ll meet a man that is so attractive, so engaging or magnetic, that I’ll immediately want to jump on top of him and bare my full body…who knows? I highly doubt it though, because the main pathway to arousal and any erogenous zone for me is the mind, and you cannot instantly look inside, feel or begin to understand this layer of another human instantly…only over time. Unless, of course, they are merely superficial, shallow beings, in which case it is quite easy, but I’ve never been attracted to this type of man.

Why do I write this now? Because this week I dealt with some real chauvinist pigs on Facebook, and recently read a very good piece in TIME magazine about porn addiction. The article discussed how many men who grew up in the first generation where porn was instantly available in copious amounts for free online are now turning away from it, and even taking the same approach as me to sexual relations. You do not have to agree with this view, I simply express it to show a different mindset, and honestly because I grow tired of how women are portrayed in media, here on LJ, and  in society in general. We do not all use sex as a manipulation tool, or feel the constant need to display our tits and ass in some type of parade to attract attention or profit….and while sex is an expectation in any relationship, never once have I felt an obligation or any guilt for not providing it “on demand” to any man, at any point, in any relationship. If that makes me ruthless, so be it. :))


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Date: 2016-09-08 02:33 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] vasya-vasechkin.livejournal.com
You wrote a lot right
If this post does not fall in the top, you have to sue the owners of LJ!

Date: 2016-09-08 02:35 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] peacetraveler22.livejournal.com
It will not fall in the top! :)) Because most people are too lazy to read, much less think about, all the issues discussed in this post. :)) Thank you for taking the time to read!

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Date: 2016-09-08 02:49 pm (UTC)
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Great picture! U R awesome }

Date: 2016-09-08 02:50 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] peacetraveler22.livejournal.com
Thanks! I have a lot of similar photos, I just don't spread them all over for the whole world to see. :))

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Date: 2016-09-08 03:03 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] amantonio.livejournal.com
Sex is not just a pleasure. Sex can actually be a tool for achieving the deepest level of communication and intimacy with another human being.
But it doesn't just happen out of the blue. Sex is a skill. The less you have it, the less you need it. And if you train your body and mind for several years to manage without it, then I guess there's little chance that you'll feel sexual attraction toward your ideal man if you ever meet him. Moreover, I think that sexual attraction is one of the most important elements on a quest for soulmate. It's not that you find your soulmate and than feel a sexual attraction to him. I think that for most of us it's more likely to happen the other way around.

Date: 2016-09-08 03:09 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] peacetraveler22.livejournal.com
Everyone is different, and I don't worry about never being sexually attracted to another man. I'm constantly attracted to them...however, I strongly disagree on your last point. For instance, I once dated a beautiful male specimen - immediately I was sexually attracted to him, but then grew bored after a few weeks. Because he only had something attractive to offer on the outside, not the inside. He was not an interesting person, or dynamic in any way. Yet all of my long term boyfriends have not been so attractive by societal standards - we started as friends first, and then sexual attraction and passion intensified once I learned more about them as a human being. Not just their outer shell...so, you see, we are different. How many hours a day are you having sex with your partner? :)) The most important thing is communication, trust, respect...and the rest should naturally flow from it...if not, then you simply remain friends, not lovers. :)

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Date: 2016-09-08 03:04 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] mesier.livejournal.com
1500 days?!
People don't live so long!..

Date: 2016-09-08 03:11 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] peacetraveler22.livejournal.com
I'm still breathing, and feel more alive and content now than when I was in unfulfilling relationships with the wrong men. I'm too old for that aggravation, and I'd rather be alone than suffer or have just "anybody" beside me each night in bed...it's not so hard to live without a man, trust me. Is this a blow to your ego? :))
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Date: 2016-09-08 03:20 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] fesma94.livejournal.com
because for me sex without some type of bond beyond the pure physical is meaningless (c)

I like the answer from some man from Buenos-Aires : If I make love with woman , so I love her in this moment . It's does not matter how long this relation , may be for one night only .

Date: 2016-09-08 03:24 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] peacetraveler22.livejournal.com
This is fine, but not for me. :) I do not merely want fleeting or singular moments of passion or connection with a multitude of men...one is enough. :)

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Date: 2016-09-08 03:22 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] maks j-fry (from livejournal.com)
I haven't read it yet. And more likely I won't read it at all. Why would I read about not having sex, I'd rather read about having sex.

Date: 2016-09-08 03:25 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] peacetraveler22.livejournal.com
You will not even remotely understand my thoughts or mentality on this issue...because you are an animal. :)) Do not waste your time or effort reading...

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С таким настроением только в Грузию и ехать )

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Date: 2016-09-08 03:30 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] fesma94.livejournal.com
Mans in Georgia thinks that all of them are macho ! ))

Date: 2016-09-08 03:33 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] peacetraveler22.livejournal.com
This is the worst type of man for me personally...immediate repulsion! :))) I am not attracted to exaggerated alpha male behavior.

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Date: 2016-09-08 04:20 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] maadmike.livejournal.com
Loneliness and self-satisfaction,
dreams and expectations,
work and unstoppable growth,
what else man need nowadays...

Date: 2016-09-08 04:36 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] saccovanzetti.livejournal.com
I do not believe one minute that you couldn't find a caring, intelligent and attractive person for long-term relationship if you wanted to, within a few months. You just seem happy without a partner, self-sufficient. It would be interesting to get a glimpse of your fantasies.

Date: 2016-09-08 05:06 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] peacetraveler22.livejournal.com
You are probably right..:) I simply make no effort to search for this person, for various reasons. Fantasies? Yes, I have them, they remain active in my mind, and frequently change. For my contemplation only, not the entire universe. :)

Date: 2016-09-08 04:37 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] e-g-o-r-i-u-s.livejournal.com
An important downside of long abstinence by males is that the body forgets how to adequately react to a physical closeness to a woman and normal reactions are quite problematic to recover.

Date: 2016-09-08 05:04 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] peacetraveler22.livejournal.com
Well, I will take your word for it. I can't relate to male body issues or sexual sensations. I am a woman. :) But my sexual appetite has not wanted during the years of celibacy, I just simply learned to satisfy myself. That is all, and self-pleasure cannot compare to loving sex with a man, of course. Btw, it seems to me that sex is like riding a bicycle, you will remember how to do it once you hop back on. :))

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Date: 2016-09-08 04:49 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] maadmike.livejournal.com
Loneliness and self-satisfaction,
dreams and expectations,
work and unstoppable growth,
what else man need nowadays...

Date: 2016-09-08 05:02 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] peacetraveler22.livejournal.com
Why do you equate celibacy with loneliness? In fact, people can be in relationships or having sex and feel completely lonely in such cases, if they are with the wrong person.

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Date: 2016-09-08 04:55 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] glavsnab.livejournal.com
Каким образом иностранные посты пролезают в русскоязычный ТОП?

Date: 2016-09-08 05:02 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] peacetraveler22.livejournal.com
Because I am part of the Cyrillic community of LJ, and communicate with mostly native Russian speakers in this blog.

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Date: 2016-09-08 05:13 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] romanklimenko.livejournal.com
This is why I love LJ!
It has an interesting articles like yours. Facebook on other hand bring me an analogy with Tinder :) A lot of nothing

Date: 2016-09-08 05:15 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] peacetraveler22.livejournal.com
Thanks! And I am glad that I have such kind, intelligent and curious readers who take the term to process words and various thoughts - well, mostly. :)

Date: 2016-09-08 07:49 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] dr-eburg.livejournal.com
Doctor to the rescue!

Date: 2016-09-09 12:32 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] peacetraveler22.livejournal.com
Thank you, doctor! :))

Date: 2016-09-08 10:01 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] orangelass.livejournal.com
I think it's not only about having emotional/intellectual connection. For some people, physical cleanliness = moral cleanliness. (And it has nothing to do with any religion.) There's a bunch of things to be disgusted with. What if the person has an STD? What if the person is a killer/thief/unfaithful friend/bad son(daughter)/bad father(mother)? What if he's cheating on his taxes? What if he beats his dog?
If you treat your sexual partner as a body, then having sex is like having lunch or listening to music. However, for someone who sees a personality, the trust is important.
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Date: 2016-09-09 03:20 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] peacetraveler22.livejournal.com
Thank you very much for your thoughts because I think you are the only female who commented on this post, and it is nice to hear the perspective of another woman. I like your analogy about the lunch or listening to music. Without trust, there is no way to fully give yourself to another - not emotionally or physically. So, I agree this is a core and very fundamental foundation for any relationship to have a chance to prosper. Have a nice weekend! :)

Date: 2016-09-08 11:04 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] qi-tronic.livejournal.com
Well, I think you need Tantra :))

You have already stepped beyond stereotypes but you need a step beyond mind.

Date: 2016-09-09 12:32 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] peacetraveler22.livejournal.com
Why do you think I need Tantra? :)
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Date: 2016-09-09 12:27 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] peterkaymd.livejournal.com
Lord Hailsham, you may remember, sent letters to important people on Cabinet earlier this year telling them he strongly disapproved of ‘having sex.’ Quintin and I have had our disagreements over the years- we could never agree about John Denver, for instance- but on the subject of sex we are as of one mind.

I haven’t- and I can’t speak for Hailsham here- had sex for four years. This didn’t begin as a conscious embrace of the positive virtues of celibacy, nor was I forced to make myself unavailable because no one wanted me. Less an oil-painting and more an oil-slick I may be, but I think that I wanted intimate carnal congress I could find it without paying. I gave coitus the red card for utilitarian reasons: the displeasure, discomfort and aggravation it caused outweighed any momentary explosions of pleasure, ease or solace. A simple calculus of felicity.

Sex does not enrich or deepen a relationship, it permanently cheapens and destabalises one. Everyone I know who is unfortunate enough to find a sex-mate, joy-partner, bed-friend, love-chum, call them what you will, finds that- after a week or two of long blissful afternoons of making the beast with two backs, or the beast with one back and a funny shaped middle, or the beast with legs splayed in the air and arms gripping the sides of the mattress- the day dawns when Partner A is keen for more swinging, grinding and sweating and Partner B would rather turn over and catch up with Mike and Psmith. Dismal weeks follow. A finds it difficult to meet B’s eye any time after 9:00 in the evening, B announces in a nonchalant voice that he or she is ‘completely bushed’ just so that A will know that ‘it isn’t on tonight’ and, before they are a month older, nasty cracks appear.

I yield to no one in my admiration of the erotic capabilities of the human body. The contemplation of the erotic is a joyous frame in life’s rich comic strip. But let it not be supposed that there is anything erotic about coition. A walk, a smile, a gait, a way of flicking the hair from the eyes, the manner in which clothes encase the body, these can be erotic, but I would be greatly in the debt of the man who could tell me what could ever be appealing about those damn, dark, foul-smelling and revoltingly tufted areas of the body that constitute the main dishes in the banquet of love. These zones, when interfered with, will of course produce all kinds of chemical reactions in the body: the blood will course, the breath will quicken and the heart will pound. Once under the influence of the drugs supplied by one’s own body, there is no limit to the indignities, indecencies and bestialities to which the most usual rational and graceful of us will sink. And my dear, the smell…

Let’s face it, we have outgrown the functional necessity for these lusts. There was a time when Man did not connect the act of intercourse with the production of babies. It is, after all, a very long-term cause and effect. There is no obvious reason to suppose that a penetration one summer leads to a baby next spring. And so in the past we had to keep rogering blindly away all the time and Dame Nature was kind enough at least to make it spasmodically pleasurable. We have inherited this instinct to rut as we have inherited other instincts more necessary for survival: the instincts to fight and quarrel and frighten and conquer. But these vestigial urges have no place in a rational, intelligent community that can determine its own destiny.

I concede that it is healthy to remember and respect our origins and the duality of our nature, but we still have eating and sleeping and defecating- these are far less under our control and serve to remind us quite painfully enough of the physicality and baseness of the flesh that houses and imprisons our great creating minds. We have no need of the moist, infected pleasures of the bedroom to humiliate us more.

Besides, I’m scared that I may not be very good at it.

Date: 2016-09-09 03:28 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] peacetraveler22.livejournal.com
Sex - it enriches and deepens a relationship. :)) The problem is when people become consumed or obsessed with it, and prioritize it above all other things in life, or the relationship. I think such people really need to get a life, develop hobbies, formulate some passions...because when you are busy doing other things, you aren't constantly consumed with thoughts of getting laid. There are multiple ways to be stimulated in life - sex is only one of them. :)) There is so much beauty, wonder and strange phenomena to explore and ponder....many ways to occupy our minds and entice sensations!

Date: 2016-09-09 06:04 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] a000796.livejournal.com
well, at least you have enough time for so long texts ;)

Date: 2016-09-09 03:21 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] peacetraveler22.livejournal.com
There is plenty of time to write long texts, even when I'm having regular sex. :)

Date: 2016-09-09 02:18 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] evalex.livejournal.com
Too long text for "I have no sex".
it's actually not a healthy thing for your body and not a good story for your future granddaughters 😃

Date: 2016-09-09 03:23 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] peacetraveler22.livejournal.com
Actually, being promiscuous is not healthy for your body. There is an increased chance of STDs, unwanted pregnancy, etc...Did you read the post by the way? The message is not simply "I have no sex." And this is the most important story to pass along to all young women - that they should be valued for more than their body, develop skills and their mind, and have something to offer the world and a man besides a nice ass...because society brainwashes women to believe the exact opposite.

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Date: 2016-09-09 07:31 pm (UTC)

Date: 2016-09-09 07:57 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] sasha-severny.livejournal.com
"There's no way to escape provocative images in media, news, television, film."

That's right!

Date: 2016-09-09 08:54 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] alice-novotny.livejournal.com
лучше убрать
)))
это муветон )))

Date: 2016-09-09 08:53 pm (UTC)

Date: 2016-09-09 09:40 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] http://users.livejournal.com/__alex_loki_/
почти ничего не понял . пишите лучше по русски .

Date: 2016-09-09 09:43 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] peacetraveler22.livejournal.com
If you don't understand, use an online translator, or simply don't read my posts. English is my native language.
Edited Date: 2016-09-09 10:02 pm (UTC)

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Date: 2016-09-09 09:44 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] peacetraveler22.livejournal.com
Nope, I'm just an ordinary woman. :)

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