Today I would like to talk about a conversation that I had with a friend of mine. the topic of which was perversion and pureness. Well you see I see my friend as a beautiful and mostly pure person, but who is also perverted. She argues that she is not perverted because she is pure. Now let us examine and expand on this argument.
To begin, I have two ground rules that I need to place to make this argument. One is that I will not be going into what makes her pure or perverted because that is something that could argued about (more I think on it the less pure she is haha), I will only be talking about my view on perversion and purity and if it can coexist. Two, I will be defining purity in the modern social context as I view it. Purity is found within the goodness of people. People who are pure can be naive, but mostly they are kind. To be fully pure is to be completely uncorrupted.
So, the next question is: Is it possible for perversion to not be a corrupting factor?
My answer is YES.
The reason for this is that perversion has throughout western history been seen as corrupting. As our world has grown and learned to listen to each other, we see the legalization of same-sex marriage a ceremonial event that has been traditionally seen as between a man and a woman. In modern years we see acceptance for each others feelings. people finally are beginning to understand that, just because you don't feel in one way, that it is wrong and terrible for others to feel differently. We see people realizing that people will love who they love.
Now, how is perversion corrupting? Well I hate to say it but the best defense of perversion comes from the gun companies. Perversion does not hurt people, people use perversion to hurt people. Now I know that some people might claim that this is not the case in of people with violent tendencies due to mental illness but that is a different issue all together. So to revise, what corruption occurs from a person being perverted in a way that does not harm anyone and when said person commits acts of perversion with a partner(s) in a consensual manner?
I don't think that there is anything wrong with it. I don't think that there is anything corrupted about people expressing their perversion. However, there are exceptions. if people are exposed to perversion before they are ready, the result might harm the viewer. we all develop differently and we must accept this about us. For if we forget that we are not all the same, that we do not all have the same level of comprehension about the world around us, we may do unneeded harm others. The pure can be perverted, so long as they use and experience perversion in a safe way. Even a great masochist or sadist can be pure.
Some food for thought,
BooMan
