Scared, or scary?

Posted on January 10, 2007 by erimentha

India is supposed to be a country of sexually repressed people, isn’t it? And the US of A is supposed to be sexually liberated. The swingin sixties and all the rest of it. But just look how scared Liberty University* seems to be of sexuality and any expression thereof.

Even more scary (or is it funny in a hysterical, over the top kind of way?) is how ‘abortion’ and ‘Two or more individuals of the opposite sex together in hotel/motel room without proper permission’ are seemingly considered worse than racial/sexual harassment. So also witchcraft, and life-threatening behaviour. And a whole lot of other stuff: you have to read it to believe it!

Thank God I didn’t go there - I’d have racked up around $1000 in fines, and I was a good girl in college. Really. I wonder what would’ve happened to… ahem, okay, no names on blog. 

*Named for a town, apparently, not a value.

Filed under: Feminism, General stuff

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5 Responses to “Scared, or scary?”

  1. T.R.J.Nair, on January 11th, 2007 at 6:20 am Said:

    why the emphasis?

  2. Andre de Souza, on January 11th, 2007 at 9:11 am Said:

    Hardly representative of American education, isn’t this? :)

  3. erimentha, on January 11th, 2007 at 10:29 am Said:

    Mr. Nair: Bad question.

    Andre: Of course it isn’t! I hope not! But you must admit it’s scary. Or funny. Both?!

  4. Andre de Souza, on January 13th, 2007 at 3:55 am Said:

    Both, I think. Though I’m inclined towards scary. But aren’t such things common? Well, not common. Widespread. Certainly India has its share of freak religious/educational institutions.

    Oh, and I liked the asterisked footnote. :)

  5. erimentha, on January 13th, 2007 at 4:50 pm Said:

    Fair point. Doesn’t make it any easier to accept.

    :)

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