tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21062558.post8410867676303663172..comments2024-01-22T00:59:51.115-08:00Comments on The Wild Winds of Fortune: "I'm the friendly stranger in the black sedan..."Pat Greenehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13904197278747700037noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21062558.post-39183620289715736612012-04-19T21:28:21.113-07:002012-04-19T21:28:21.113-07:00I keep trying not to like this song. I keep telli...<i>I keep trying not to like this song. I keep telling myself it is anti-feminist of me to like this song. I keep telling myself that this guy sounds like a stalker.*** And I keep failing: I still am in love with the horns and the deep growl of the lead singer's voice. If this guy sang this to me, I might actually get inside that car. Well, probably not, but I sure wouldn't mind him singing to me.</i><br /><br />I think there's a whole category of things that could be termed "sexy at a distance" - things that we might not actually want in real life, but oh my the fantasies are hot. And the question of social appropriateness doesn't always play a role in what the sexual side of us finds hot.<br /><br />I think it's ok to indulge in the mental images, and to honor that part of ourselves which is animal. There are often deeply ingrained evolutionary reasons for what we find hot, and survival of the fittest isn't all that well known for its overlap with propriety.<br /><br />- the Resident ShrinkAnonymousnoreply@blogger.com