paraphiles in the guardian

I did such a double take with this, as these paraphilias are basically mine...but someone else must have them haha:
http://t.co/zDKseNhLp6
And some of the comments are quite amusing.

Thanks, Napoleon. A definite LOL at some of the comments. And it seemed like a pleasant lack of frothing hysteria too. Although that is replaced by doing almost anything for a pun or wisecrack. Which isn't exactly open and accepting either.

Pretty cool to find those subjects being covered, though. And that they're not soooo unusual. Also "Primals" is a new term to me.

Although that is replaced by doing almost anything for a pun or wisecrack. Which isn't exactly open and accepting either.

Haha, whenever I see an article about necrophilia half of the comments are "boner" jokes
The rest of the comments are always scary.

But these ones aren't horrible.

Ada wrote:And it seemed like a pleasant lack of frothing hysteria too. Although that is replaced by doing almost anything for a pun or wisecrack. Which isn't exactly open and accepting either.

Possibly that's a positive thing. People used to opt for the 'frothing hysteria' approach to homosexuality, and then as it was becoming more acceptable during the 80s and 90s it was a staple of comedy. But as a topic becomes more familiar and therefore routine within comedy routines it loses its sting. Humour grants us permission us to transcend cultural norms, step outside of them, opening up space for the 'repatriation' of minorities. Compare also the treatment of black people in the United States of the early to mid 20th century, and the change in nature of 'black jokes' from the mid to late 20th century. I'd say there's a general trend from the acerbic and attacking to the postmodern ironic, which is necessary as the topic becomes old hat. I think humour is an essential component in the process of acceptance of difference or things that are beyond comprehension, until humour sanitizes them and holds up a mirror to our prejudices. To joke about something is to render it a permissible topic of discussion. As Wilde said: 'There is only one thing in life worse than being talked about, and that is not being talked about'.

That's really interesting, ctithe. I hadn't looked at it like that.

Although I'm not sure of the divide between humour and mockery?