More significantly, when on the
Internet, the Warrior's Quest accepts its
Dark Story, as such they proclaim that "pornography" is not a negative word—or
a dirty word or a vice, all of which
are words that drip with Abrahamic moral overtones.
In stark contrast to Hugh Hefner's "Playboy
Philosophy," the Internet Warrior's Quest does not try
to sanitize its acceptance of pornography as "normal." There
is the standard joke about "reading" Playboy—"I
buy it for the articles!" As humorous has been the long-standing
list of the Playmate centerfold's "interests." As if
she is posing stark naked because she "likes Ben and Jerry's
ice cream" and "has a BA from UCLA."
What is pornography but people having sexual
intercourse?
How much more normal could two humans be—whatever
their
sexual preference or chosen technique?
One evidence of how the Internet enables
the unleashing of the Warrior's Quest dynamic is that since its
advent "sex worker" has gain acceptance
as an occupational niche and cultural lifestyle. Pornography and
the “sex industry” are respectable themes
of major tradeshows and international professional awards events.
Some even claim distinctive health benefits for
pornography and the sex trade, citing the soothing, relaxing and
quietly invigorating sense of well-being bestowed via orgasmic
release among genitally vigorous sexual athletes.
Of critical note:
Our Earthfolk focus is less on naked
bodies, acts of intercourse and benefits of orgasm as it is on
pornography as understood in terms of intimacy.
Although these sites would claim that they are not about intimacy,
we accept this as the Warrior's Quest particular take on
intimacy, namely, that you can be sexual and not intimate
(a claim which we Earthfolk reject).
Our interest is in clarifying the Internet's valuing of
pornography.
Clearly, we Earthfolk hold that that
sexuality always manifests an intimate aspect—that
the mere act of a simple touch is an act of intimacy.
Continue—Warrior's Quest
