[sudo-discuss] TIL: Hacking Sexual Health

[Craig Rouskey]

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On Thu, Apr 4, 2013 at 3:46 AM, Anon195714 <anon195714 at sbcglobal.net>
wrote:

> Yo's-
> Re. "What does it mean to hack sexual health...?"
> Here's one example.  For years I've had a slogan I tell people
> (typically guys) whose sex drive is on overdrive to the point where it
> warps their attitude toward others (typically gals):
> "Masturbate and keep your objectivity."
> 70% of guys "admit" that they play with themselves, and the other 30%
> are lying.  Yet the hypocrisy around this subject is just astounding,
> and the result is that physical needs become conflated with social
> attitudes and generate oppression of self and oppression of others.
> Envision a culture where relationships are based on partners feeding
> each other (as in, holding the forks and spoons full of food up to each
> others' mouths during a meal) instead of on people having sex with each
> other.  People would run around frantically seeking partners because
> otherwise they'd either have to feed themselves (oh!, the
> embarrassment!) or go hungry and die. 
> That's where our culture is about sex.  It's crazy. 
> So I'd suggest "masturbation liberation" as a sexuality hacking topic. 
> It even has major potential for cybernetic devices and interfaces and
> online communication enhancements. 
> "Did you try building the new Orgasmatron?"
> "Yeah.  The interface works pretty well, but there's a bug in the code,
> so I patched it.  Wanna' download my version, see what you think?"
> Later.... "Hey, your version's a lot better than the original.  Now I
> was thinking, the interface could be improved.  Here, I'll make one for
> you on the 3D printer."
> "Oh, cool, yeah I like your CAD diagram, I think it'll work, so go ahead
> and print one for me..."
> Here's another potential topic:
> Chastity belts for men in cultures that oppress women (for example by
> making women wear oppressive shapeless garments from head to toe, that
> barely leave enough of an opening for their eyes to see the world). 
> Even one decent prototype would stir up a bunch of publicity about the
> subject, and hopefully generate some embarrassment on the part of men
> whose answer to their own weaknesses is to oppress women.  "Stop the
> problem at its source: the dirty minds of men!"
> OK, enough for one night;-)
> -G.
> =====
> On 13-04-04-Thu 12:18 AM, Vicky Knox wrote:
>> Tonight during the general meeting I proposed the Today I Learned
>> event "Hacking Sexual Health". I'd like to open up the floor to
>> multiple facilitators interested in this topic area to help me lead
>> either one TIL workshop, or a series of workshops if there is
>> sufficient excitement. Hacking Sexual Health is intended for sexual
>> and asexual people alike. 
>>
>> So what does it mean to hack sexual health? Ruminate on it. :]
>>
>> My personal interest is hacking menstruation. I'd like to lead a
>> workshop for creating cloth pads out of recycled clothing. The
>> workshop is intended both for people who menstruate and for people who
>> have friends who menstruate (and want to make them lovely presents!).
>> We will go over different lady product options and have fun
>> cost-comparisons for different products and unproducts. 
>>
>> I will be reserving either April 27th or May 4th upon consulting my
>> secretary. :P
>>
>> Please contact me if you are interested in developing your own
>> workshop or helping me to facilitate menstruation hacking! 
>>
>> ykciV
>>
>> PS: Clothing hackers, you know who you are! 
>>
>>
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