Camille Paglia, You Need To Get Laid!
Posted: Tuesday, June 29, 2010
by Roschelle Nelson
The implication is that a new pill, despite its unforeseen side effects, is necessary to cure the sexual malaise that appears to have sunk over the country. But to what extent do these complaints about sexual apathy reflect a medical reality, and how much do they actually emanate from the anxious, overachieving, white upper middle class? - Camille Paglia
I would like to take this opportunity to give the creator of these words a big fat "what the heck are you talking about?!!!
Camille Paglia, an Op-Ed Contributor for the NYTimes, published an article recently about the prospects of a new female Viagra, flibanserin. This drug is for women with low libido. The FDA rejected an application to market the drug in the U.S. but endorsed the potential benefits and urged further research.
I'm curious as to what sexual malaise Ms. Paglia has reference to and will this medical reality only be made manifest if it's welcomed by anxious, overachieving, white upper middle class .
A description I'm sure the white upper middle class would offer up a hearty we don't like you much either lady to Ms. Paglia!
Ms. Paglia spanned the gamet on this one from Victorian prudery to society in America today - a media environment drenched in sex.
The more I read the more I became aware of how angry this chick is. Anger that would possibly be knocked down a notch with a steamy roll in the hay!
Referring to middle class men of today as cogs in a domestic machine commanded by women who, by the way, are nothing more than super-managers of a complex operation focused on the care and transport of children. (Seriously, what has she been smoking?)
Oh, but it gets better. The article offers up more reasoning as to why sex is dead and can't be revived in today's society -
Nor are husbands offering much stimulation in the male display department: visually, American men remain perpetual boys, as shown by the bulky T-shirts, loose shorts and sneakers they wear from preschool through midlife. The sexes, which used to occupy intriguingly separate worlds, are suffering from over-familiarity, a curse of the mundane. There's no mystery left .
I can't ever recall living in a separate world from the male species. And there's nothing mundane about a fine male specimen. If you listen to her, the male physique is shrouded in the very mystery she claims no longer exists.
Heaven only knows what pleasant surprises await an excited and stimulated woman underneath those bulky T-shirts, loose shorts and, well let's skip the sneakers. (unless you prefer your man dressed like this)
didn't think so...
Wait! There's more -
Furthermore, thanks to a bourgeois white culture that values efficient bodies over voluptuous ones, American actresses have de-sexualized themselves, confusing sterile athleticism with female power. Their current Pilates-honed look is taut and tense - a boy's thin limbs and narrow hips combined with amplified breasts. Contrast that with Latino and African-American taste, which runs toward the healthy silhouette of the bootylicious Beyoncé.
Is it me or does this sister just really not like white people? And how the hell does she know what my taste is!!! You'd damn well better value an efficient body! Those overly voluptuous ones are dropping like flies every day. Ever heard of obesity, diabetes, heart disease, hypertension? My dear Ms. Paglia, that's what being bootylicious can get ya.
I'll never be a boy's skinny with narrow hips. The genes won't allow for that. But her supposition that athleticism i.e. Pilates and not anorexia de-sexualizes the female body is insanity !
I'm certainly not a professor of humanities and media studies at the University of the Arts like Camille but I am an American HIGHLY sexual woman who was appalled while reading this garbage.
Mired in with all her insults was a big shout out to Victoria's Secret lingerie. It seems that multiracial lower-middle-class and working-class patrons have a greater affinity for this racy lingerie. She did manage to ever so subtly bunch the white middle class in with these miscreants. Apparently, the fact that Victoria's Secret lingerie is sold in suburban shopping malls, which otherwise trend toward the white middle class, establishes some commonality between these classes of people.
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Top-level comments on this article: (7 total)I loved your article! I haven't yet read Ms. Paglia's - and I doubt it will be as entertaining as yours - but it seems to me she writes of her own miserable state, and just projects it all onto the poor unsuspecting masses!Please log in to respond to this comment.She's one weird lady which probably can be said for me, as well.Please log in to respond to this comment.
Rock on Roschelle! Loved it! Camille needs to pay a visit to my gym. I'd say more but you know, there's a time and a place. Who says sex is dead? :)Please log in to respond to this comment.
Hi Roschelle.I absolutely love your article! You LAID into her but good. Sorry, I'm not so good with the raunchy wit. :( But I couldn't resist.I haven't read her article and may not. It would probably just irritate the heck out of me. I think it would be most amazingly great if she were to read yours. And based on your report and her photo, I have to wonder about her sexual persuasion ... oops! Is that profiling? Bad me.Well, anyway, thanks for a rousing good time. Sorry, again. :)DiannePlease log in to respond to this comment.
Loved your article girl- laughed, grinned and chuckled all the way through it. Hey- nobody told me sex died, I wasn't even invited to the funeral! -Please log in to respond to this comment.
Wow knock me dead; what an authentic take. Appreciate you correction.Please log in to respond to this comment.
Libido is important if you want to keep that excitment going. Without it, it's a lost cause.Please log in to respond to this comment.
So well written and funny- well done Roschelle! Personally, I don't like it much when a man looks pregnant (not sexy), but when he's happily doing some house cleaning - that's a turn on!Please log in to respond to this comment.
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