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  • in reply to: Japanese obsessed with selves in pictures? #39704

    Jessica
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    I don't think this a particularly Japanese phenomenon, nor does it necessarily imply obsession with self. When I went to Europe on a student trip, my friends and I tried to take as many pictures as possible with us in the picture. A picture cannot possibly capture the beauty of whatever it is you are looking at unless you are a gifted photographer - which I am not. Instead, for me, a picture captures a memory, often a memory of a very beautiful place, as do my pictures of my trip to Europe. When the pictures have people in them, the memories are more vivid, and I can better recall the beauty of what I saw. Also, when showing people my pictures, because I cannot capture the beauty of the experience in a picture, the pictures are not interesting to people who weren't there unless they have people they know in them. So, if I am interested in sharing my pictures, and perhaps talking about some of my memories with someone who wasn't there, to avoid boring them (and perhaps succeed in amusing them!) the pictures are better with me and other familiar people in them.

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    Name : Jessica, Gender : F, Sexual Orientation : Bisexual, Race : White/Caucasian, Religion : Agnostic, Age : 23, City : Huntsville, State : TX Country : United States, Occupation : Student, Education level : 4 Years of College, Social class : Middle class, 
    in reply to: Why don’t teens cherish virginity? #34811

    Jessica
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    When you speak of 'cherishing' your virginity, you speak of it as if it is an object. In today's society, it is not. Virginity is in fact an outdated concept - it refers to the hymen being intact. As some females, myself included, are now born without hymens, and many more of us are active enough that we break them before any sexual involvement, this is a flawed concept. Virginigy now only means whatever the individual wishes it to mean - I have extremely religious friends who wished to remain 'virgins' until they married, but they were willing to do everything EXCEPT be inserted by a penis. How virginal - or pure - is that really? That said, I do not believe that younger sexual experience is a good thing, regardless of religious tendencies (or lack thereof). The very young are searching for something - love, affection, confidence, whatever - that they do not recognize does not come with sex. I believe that regardless of age, you need to find those things elsewhere BEFORE experimenting with sex.

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    Name : Jessica, Gender : F, Sexual Orientation : Bisexual, Race : White/Caucasian, Religion : Agnostic, Age : 23, City : Huntsville, State : TX Country : United States, Occupation : Student, Education level : 4 Years of College, Social class : Middle class, 
    in reply to: Why aren’t there any older female news anchors? #45247

    Jessica
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    Western pop culture has glorified youth, particularly female youth. At the same time, it has glorified material wealth and equated such with the male age bracket over 50. So you can see why a desirable news anchor might fall into an older male or younger female category - each of these categories is put on a pedestal by Western pop culture.

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    Name : Jessica, Gender : F, Sexual Orientation : Bisexual, Race : White/Caucasian, Religion : Agnostic, Age : 23, City : Huntsville, State : TX Country : United States, Occupation : Student, Education level : 4 Years of College, Social class : Middle class, 
    in reply to: Nice boat! #45981

    Jessica
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    My grandparents are in their mid-to-late seventies and like to travel the country frequently with their friends. They prefer traveling by automobile because they can stop to eat or use the restroom or whatever, whenever they prefer, as opposed to an airplane, where they cannot sightsee or do anything. They own a luxury SUV, and although I, the environmentalist in the family, have ribbed them about it being a gas guzzler, it actually makes some economical sense for them. When they travel from Texas to Florida, for example, they are almost always joined by two friends. So the SUV offers them enough space for the four of them plus luggage, and saves gas by taking one vehicle rather than two.

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    Name : Jessica, Gender : F, Sexual Orientation : Bisexual, Race : White/Caucasian, Religion : Agnostic, Age : 23, City : Huntsville, State : TX Country : United States, Occupation : Student, Education level : 4 Years of College, Social class : Middle class, 
    in reply to: Whites’ depraved sexuality #42436

    Jessica
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    Perhaps part of the reason for the current trends in the subcultures of some American whites toward the more self-destructive forms of sexuality comes from subconscious reactions to society's historical burden. Although I don't believe there is any such concept as 'race' anymore, as Western society, we do, and we move more toward self-segregation every day. There is a current trend of placing responsibility for any problem a non-white 'race' is having on the white 'race'. Even if I do buy into the racial divisions, I am not a slaveowner or a racist or anti-affirmative action, yet some groups would still have me feel guilty because of the color of my skin. And I think that is having an effect on some people, particularly young people, who are turning to any sort of self-destructive behavior they can to relieve this enormous guilt.

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    Name : Jessica, Gender : F, Sexual Orientation : Bisexual, Race : White/Caucasian, Religion : Agnostic, Age : 23, City : Huntsville, State : TX Country : United States, Occupation : Student, Education level : 4 Years of College, Social class : Middle class, 
    in reply to: Women’s Talk #26747

    Jessica
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    No. I've been in both inner circles of discussion. Men are equally graphic, women are just more truthful.

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    Name : Jessica, Gender : F, Sexual Orientation : Bisexual, Race : White/Caucasian, Religion : Agnostic, Age : 23, City : Huntsville, State : TX Country : United States, Occupation : Student, Education level : 4 Years of College, Social class : Middle class, 
    in reply to: Why is ‘Black’ not capitalized? #40753

    Jessica
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    That's really strange. I've only seen Caucasian listed with African American, not Caucasian with 'black'. When I see lists of ethnicities, I either see 'white' and 'black' or 'African American' and 'Caucasian'. In both cases, the capitalization stays uniform. Perhaps what you've seen is just a typo? I really don't think it's a racist thing - white, black, green and purple aren't capitalized because they refer to colors rather than ethnicities.

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    Name : Jessica, Gender : F, Sexual Orientation : Bisexual, Race : White/Caucasian, Religion : Agnostic, Age : 23, City : Huntsville, State : TX Country : United States, Occupation : Student, Education level : 4 Years of College, Social class : Middle class, 
    in reply to: Does gay sex count as losing virginity? #31686

    Jessica
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    Virginity is an outdated concept meant to keep religious men in power - and since you don't appear from your profile to be religious, my hope is you won't be offended by my opinion. Here's the deal - originally, 'virginity' referred to the intactness of a woman's hymen, the membrane that stretched across her vagina and kept many infectious diseases out. The hymen is broken by penetration. However, because our hygiene has evolved, hymens are unnecessary, and some women are actually born without them now. Others (since women are actually into athletics now) tear their hymen long before they have any sort of sexual contact. Religion altered the definition to refer to sexual purity, but teenagers have further attempted to alter that again to retain its original definition of penetration (hymen breaking). However, with the modern definition of sexual 'purity,' anybody who has felt anybody else up cannot claim true 'virginity.' The altered version is garbage, also, because the hymen is no longer necessarily an issue. Virginity, therefore, is now simply a brainwashing tool, subject to personal interpretation and generally a tool for making you feel guilty about sexual pleasure. Wrapping this up - you've had the first of one particular kind of sexual experience. You haven't experienced others. You use your own words to define you and you decide whether they're really that important.

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    Name : Jessica, Gender : F, Sexual Orientation : Bisexual, Race : White/Caucasian, Religion : Agnostic, Age : 23, City : Huntsville, State : TX Country : United States, Occupation : Student, Education level : 4 Years of College, Social class : Middle class, 
    in reply to: Learned their oral lessons well? #41423

    Jessica
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    Experience.

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    Name : Jessica, Gender : F, Sexual Orientation : Bisexual, Race : White/Caucasian, Religion : Agnostic, Age : 23, City : Huntsville, State : TX Country : United States, Occupation : Student, Education level : 4 Years of College, Social class : Middle class, 
    in reply to: Reply To: Marriage and gays #36382

    Jessica
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    I don't like what I see and am offended when ugly and dumb people are allowed to marry and have children, but I don't think it should be illegal.

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    Name : Jessica, Gender : F, Sexual Orientation : Bisexual, Race : White/Caucasian, Religion : Agnostic, Age : 23, City : Huntsville, State : TX Country : United States, Occupation : Student, Education level : 4 Years of College, Social class : Middle class, 
    in reply to: Whites and rare steak #26421

    Jessica
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    I don't really think this question has much to do with color/ethnicity currently, because I know people of all types who like their meat cooked all ways. I like my meat medium rare because it's very tender, still retains the complete flavor, but is warm, except for the very center. I've had rare meat, and don't like it quite as much as medium rare because it's center is cool throughout. Have you ever tried rare meat or medium rare meat? If not, why not? Is it because of something to do with your ethnicity? I've tried well-done meat and don't like it because I think it's too chewy. I've tried meat done all the different ways and settled on medium rare because I liked it - not because I'm white.

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    Name : Jessica, Gender : F, Sexual Orientation : Bisexual, Race : White/Caucasian, Religion : Agnostic, Age : 23, City : Huntsville, State : TX Country : United States, Occupation : Student, Education level : 4 Years of College, Social class : Middle class, 
    in reply to: Reply To: Black stars with racist views #35911

    Jessica
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    Research your history, Kristina. White people have not always been the oppressors - for one thing, white 'people' are not a 'people' except in the U.S. any more than black 'people' are any where except the U.S. Even here I would say there are some serious divisions in culture that have nothing to do with color. The number of different peoples throughout human history that have oppressed other peoples is infinite - and usually, the peoples within a 'color' (as if such a categorical description can ever be accurate!) oppress each other before moving on to other peoples. If you study ancient history to modern history - even a very brief overview - you will discover that every people has been the oppressor at one time or another. And you know what? Who cares? You're not the oppressor, presumably, and neither am I, so neither of us has anything to apologize for.

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    Name : Jessica, Gender : F, Sexual Orientation : Bisexual, Race : White/Caucasian, Religion : Agnostic, Age : 23, City : Huntsville, State : TX Country : United States, Occupation : Student, Education level : 4 Years of College, Social class : Middle class, 
    in reply to: Marriage and gays #15261

    Jessica
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    So, Ronald, because I choose not to contribute to the world's ever growing problem of overpopulation by breeding, my heterosexual marriage is unnatural?

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    Name : Jessica, Gender : F, Sexual Orientation : Bisexual, Race : White/Caucasian, Religion : Agnostic, Age : 23, City : Huntsville, State : TX Country : United States, Occupation : Student, Education level : 4 Years of College, Social class : Middle class, 
    in reply to: Straight but like transsexuals? #41184

    Jessica
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    Whatever turns you on, turns you on, and provided it doesn't involve children or other species and doesn't seriously hurt anyone, just be yourself and be happy. Quit searching for one word to describe yourself, because you'll never find it.

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    Name : Jessica, Gender : F, Sexual Orientation : Bisexual, Race : White/Caucasian, Religion : Agnostic, Age : 23, City : Huntsville, State : TX Country : United States, Occupation : Student, Education level : 4 Years of College, Social class : Middle class, 
    in reply to: Americans more religious than Europeans? #27202

    Jessica
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    Though certainly the United States is a hodgepodge of cultures, Protestant Christianity is the dominant religious movement here. I am an agnostic and believe in the separation of church and state, one thing this country was supposedly founded on. However, I graduated from a public (government-funded) high school and a public university and was asked to bow my head in prayer to God at each graduation ceremony at least once. This is a manifestation of the dominant influence of Protestantism on this country. The only non-Protestant, religious president we have had has been Catholic (John F. Kennedy). We have had several agnostic presidents, but our country fears the powers of religion outside of Protestant Christianity. Personally I have a problem with fundamentalists of any religion - the Jerry Falwells and Osama bin Ladens of the world are all the same to me. I respect other spiritual endeavors, however, and hope that the average American does, too.

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    Name : Jessica, Gender : F, Sexual Orientation : Bisexual, Race : White/Caucasian, Religion : Agnostic, Age : 23, City : Huntsville, State : TX Country : United States, Occupation : Student, Education level : 4 Years of College, Social class : Middle class, 
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