Showing posts with label celibacy. Show all posts
Showing posts with label celibacy. Show all posts

Tuesday, December 9, 2008

Celibacy for a decade plus?

I don't know how I feel about this article from Salon.com.  Kit Naylor wrote an article, 15 Years Without Knocking Boots.  It is about her life being celibate for a 15 years.  She explains why, and how, and drifts between acceptance and resentment.  I have to wonder; I don't know if I am capable of a one-night-stand, but part of that is just not wanting to be with someone I don't care about.  I also, don't seem to have the same preoccupation with the possibility of sex or lack there of.  Naylor seems to resign herself to celibacy not because she is ok with being alone, but because she has to be.  And I find it unsettling.  I'm not implying she is lyng about being happy, but I think her happiness has come out of necessity.