Austin Nesties
Dear Community,
Our tech team has launched updates to The Nest today. As a result of these updates, members of the Nest Community will need to change their password in order to continue participating in the community. In addition, The Nest community member's avatars will be replaced with generic default avatars. If you wish to revert to your original avatar, you will need to re-upload it via The Nest.
If you have questions about this, please email help@theknot.com.
Thank you.
Note: This only affects The Nest's community members and will not affect members on The Bump or The Knot.
Our tech team has launched updates to The Nest today. As a result of these updates, members of the Nest Community will need to change their password in order to continue participating in the community. In addition, The Nest community member's avatars will be replaced with generic default avatars. If you wish to revert to your original avatar, you will need to re-upload it via The Nest.
If you have questions about this, please email help@theknot.com.
Thank you.
Note: This only affects The Nest's community members and will not affect members on The Bump or The Knot.
Re: Consumed by Pornography
I'm thinking that if that person is sad, then they're not doing it right!
Even though I'm late to this game, I'm going to add my 2 cents.
#1 - The help-for-porn-addiction ad or ministry is not a big deal to me. Obviously there are people who can develop an unhealthy dependence on something and if watching porn is causing so many problems in a person's life that they can't function normally, then there should be help available.
#2 - Sexual fantasies are, for the most part, healthy and a normal part of a man or woman's sexual expression. Watching porn, looking at sexual images, reading erotic/romantic stories are healthy ways of becoming aroused and enjoy oneself sexually, with or without a partner.
#3 - Gay porn is hot! "Queer As Folk" (not porn, but definitely soft core) is hotter! (Brian Kenny, anyone?)
My real point is that if something is coming between a couple and their marriage and is causing the couple to pull away from each other, than something needs to change. That wedge could be porn, drugs, flirtatious behavior, alcohol, obsessive video game playing, etc. I don't think it's necessarily fair to completely demonize pornography.
Pornography from a feminist POV is a whole other thread, though.