"In Sweden prostitution is regarded as an aspect of male violence against women and children. It is officially acknowledged as a form of exploitation of women and children and constitutes a significant social problem. . . gender equality will remain unattainable so long as men buy, sell, and exploit women and children by prostituting them."
And another quote:
"Legalization and/or regulation of prostitution, according to the study, led to:
--a dramatic increase in all facets of the sex industry
--a dramatic increase in the involvement of organized crime in the sex industry
--a dramatic increase in child prostitution
--an explosion in the number of foreign women and girls trafficked into the region, and
--indications of an increase in violence against women.
Thats abosolutely ASSININE!
Where , O WHERE did this article come from Jewelie?
Oraganized crime is ALREADY involved in prostitution here in the USofA where its illegal everywhere except Nevada due to bible-buttholes.
Since its illegal there's no regulation and that creates a need for Pimps-who of course have Mob/gang connections. It has been suggested to me that housewives benefit from prostitution's illegality cuz it makes it much harder for men to cheat and their wives AND it gives "respectable" women a monopoly on sexual access. That way they can use sex to manipulate their hubbies.
adversarial, I HEAR YOU. BTW, are you employed at this time? Also, have you tried online dating? If you answered no to the last question I would give it try.
Back to the topic, Ziy. How are things going with your on-line girlfriend? I believe you said you were going to meet in August...
So Max, why dont you update us on how things are going at your most recent NAMBLA meetings........
I dont automatically equate the two, but when it comes to this guy--he's pretty damn sick.
Hrmmmmmm.............this guys is pretty obnoxious to a lot of people here. He doesnt seem to know when to STFU and back(the hell)off.
hi
I'm not Aspie and I have a male friend who is Aspie and he would like a girlfriend too. I joined this site to see if there was a way of helping him.
Please tell me what NT stands for, I assume that's what I am and I'd like to know what it means.
Part of my professional background is in interpersonal skills training and there seems so little help for adult male Aspies to engage in full relationships with women that I"m wondering if there are training courses out there somewhere?
Elaine
Hi Elaine,
NT means neurotypical - basically it refers to the "neurotype" that neurological conditions are measured against. On this site, it generally means "not on the autistic spectrum", although in reality it also excludes other conditions like bipolar, ADHD, etc.
As far as interpersonal skills training with regards to relationships, you're correct in saying that there's not much officially out there. I know that Tony Attwoods clinic's being doing some research fairly recently into Aspie sexuality, but as far as I know there's no official publications resulting from it. There's a few Aspergers relationship "self-help" books around, but all the ones I've heard of so far seem a tad flawed in some way.
Hope this helps, and I'm sure that people on the site would be happy to offer advice on specific scenarios...
You're a lesbian? That's kinda cool. I just hope that you don't sleep with her because God intended women to be with men sexually. It says in the Bible that you're not supposed to have sex with someone of your own gender and I very much hope to see you at the Resurrection.
Johanna, I just like to know if you use the same opening sentence for a straight person.
Like:
You're a heterosexual? That's kinda cool. I just hope that you don't sleep with her/him because God intended people to abstain until marriage.
Because it is very rude to ask people right away about their sexlife. You may find out in real life and on the internet that people can be very easily offended if you do that.
Not because they are prudish.
But because they are more than their sexual pleasure.
btw. You won't find texts in the bible condemning lesbian love. That's maybe the only way of sex that is not condemned anywhere in the bible. Not even by Paul
And on topic,
Can aspies get a girlfriend. Yes, I'm the girlfriend of an aspie for over 20 years now.
http://www.aspiesforfreedom.com/showthread.php?tid=13980
Let's stop the discussion.
Please read the thread mentioned above.
I think it covers most of what could be discussed here.
Lets get this thread re-railed.
Another attempt. Because it is such a good thread.
Okay, time out everyone.
Johanna, comments in the style of "god hates gays" are not acceptable here. It doesn't matter whether or not you personally believe this - saying these things publicly or by uninvited PM is not on.
Marcia, Quickduck, you both know this - we've gone into it enough times. The best way to avoid a "fight" is to advise people to simply let the person know this is not liked here, then move on. Again, it doesn't matter if you personally believe it's okay - you still know that people here do not accept these sorts of comments, and that defending the comment will make things much worse for the person involved.
There's nothing that causes more fights on AFF than people running around shouting "We need to stop all the fighting!".
Of course, I had no idea my husband was an Aspie when I started to date him. If I was uneducated about what it meant to be an Aspie, it may have concerned me a little, until I became educated about it.
I think that is the important part here, the education part, that we all need to do as part of the activism. We need to educate people so there will not be second thoughts about whether or not to date an Aspie, just whether or not you want to date the PERSON!
I had no idea what Aspergers was when I started dating my partner. It came up in a disagreement because he felt he probably wasn't expressing himself appropriately ie. he withdraws when he's upset. I'd never even heard of it before... so he gave me small descriptions and basically just said it affected how he responded to situations and that he didn't respond and show emotions in the normal way, as well as not picking up emotions in the normal way either... but he said it wasn't a big deal, so I didn't worry about it and we kept dating... 5 years later, here we are married, with me diagnosed as having Aspergers as well.
By the way - it's our 3 year anniversary today.
By the way - it's our 3 year anniversary today.
CONGRATULATIONS!!!
*grins* Thankya! It's amazing how quickly 3 years went by...
Thankyou everyone.