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%INTIMATE HONEST SEXUAL RELATION AFFECTION RULE LAW+951120
 %INTEGRATE IDEAL VALUE PRINCIPLE ATTITUDE LOVE SIN 951120

     Often the rules,  laws, prohibitions,  prescriptions,
proscriptions,   and taboos which have dominated all sorts
of intimate,  honest, sexual and affectional relationships
have  originated with dominant males who seem to have  the
most  to gain through their domination.   It is absurd  to
think  or  say  that through  their  dominance  they  have
promoted personal and communal integrity.   They have not.
They have promoted sexual domination, rape,  sexual abuse,
addictions,   codependence,  loss of self esteem and  self
respect,   and endless wars with all their  disintegrative
consequences.

     Usually the rules, laws, prohibitions, prescriptions,
proscriptions,  and taboos which have dominated all  sorts
of intimate, honest, sexual and affectionate relationships
have  been  based upon the premise that only one  kind  of
relationships   can  be truly intimate, honest, sexual and
affectionate---and  the  only that kind  of   relationship
should  be permitted to be intimate,  honest,  sexual  and
affectionate.    If only one kind of relationship  can  be
intimate,  honest, sexual and affectionate---why should it
be  necessary to prohibit other kinds of relationship from
being intimate, honest, sexual and affectionate? Something
is missing!

     What  is missing is the acknowledgement that dominant
males  seem  to  gain  much at the expense  of  women  and
children.  The dominant males dominate to try to gain much
at  the  expense  of women and children;  not  to  promote
personal and communal integrity.

     What  we  need  is  wide  public  acknowledgement  of
integrative  ideals,   values  and  principles  which  are
relevant  to all sorts of intimate,  honest,   sexual  and
affectionate   relationships---without  regard  for   what
particular   kind   of  relationship  they   are.     Only
relationships which honor such integrative ideals,  values
and  principles  merit our   respect  and  support.    All
relationships which honor such integrative ideals,  values
and  principles merit our respect and support---regardless
of just what kind they are.

     Participants   in  intimate,   honest,   sexual   and
affectionate  relationships which demonstrate  integrative
ideals,   values and principles---are unlikely to  respect
and  honor  dominant  males who try to gain  much  at  the
expense  of  women  and  children.   Perhaps this  is  why
dominant males refuse to  show respect for and/or to honor
integrative  ideals,   values  and  principles  which  are
relevant in all kinds of  intimate,   honest,   sexual and
affectionate relationships---without  regard for just what
kind they are.
                                                                                                                               
                         (c) 2005 by Paul A. Smith in      
                    (On Being Yourself, Whole and Healthy)  
                                                                                                                               
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