Response to Eloheem: Masturbation post

It is rather strange that we would post such similar blogs. However i find it interesting that your article seems to suggest its for over 50s, while mine seems to suggest that in general it is a good thing to do.

I am still stunned by the way that the title says 'MASTURBATION' and yet the article itself goes on to talk about masturbation and talk about sexual intercourse. It again proves the stigma around the word, it shows that people reading that title will be relatively shocked to see that there is some kind of positivity around masturbation!

Im still looking to see a female study on womens mastubatory habits as well... we all know its not just us.

See www.eloheem.blogspot.com

That Jimmy Carr Joke..

In anticipation of the Bad comedians lecture...

You may or may not know about the Armed forces joke that landed Jimmy Carr in an awful lot of trouble. It gained masses of publicicty and some MPs called for the end of his career (a bit O.T.T if you ask me).

He was quoted as saying...
"Say what you like about the servicemen amputees from Iraq and Afghanistan, we are going to have a f**king good Paralympics team in 2012."

Now I understand that this joke was distasteful (and i have family who are fighting in Iraq and Afghanistan), but that is the stereotypical british comedian is it not? I mean there has been millions of jokes that would offend all types of people. What made it unnessecary for me was the way that a radio program was calling up families who had lost sons/daughters and husbands/wives and asking how they felt? Thats like asking an irishman how he feels about an irish joke, or a fat person about a fat joke, or your mama about a youurrrrr mama joke. Surely some kind of common sense should prevail, these people are greiving losses of family members so pouring salt in the wounds is just uncalled for.

As you will see in the SkyNews video an Iraq amputee claims that the joke is funny and squaddies in a similiar position need those kinds of jokes to keep spirits up.

Anyways, ive certainly heard worse and i know you all have too.

Click HERE to see the news report and his apology
Click HERE for the news story i came across.

Prostitution

Look at Amsterdam, they are perhaps the most famous example of a place that has legalized prostitution.

I think its safe to say we assume prostitution is something done by 'those dutch folk' more than us english and while it is true, it is only just true.

When comparing research I found that 9% of men in London had paid for sex at some point and 13.5% of Dutch men had. Firstly of course its funny how there are no women at all included in the study. Having been to Amsterdam just this christmas holiday and actually lived in the red light district (before you think it or ask it, NO i didnt.) There are a fair few ladies around, although it must be said the majority is your typical english or american middle-aged man who is most probably married on a business trip (of course im infering here).

My point is we think that Amsterdam is so radical and crazy because they legalize marijuana and prostitution, but dont forget the act of 'paying for sex' IS legal in Britain, and for all intensive purposes there are so many loopholes and grey areas in the marijuana laws that you could quite easily grow a personal amount for oneself to 'dabble' in. Just by looking at the facts you can see that (while these studies are representative) about only 4.5% of more Dutch men do it.

Is it really that bad an act? Well the act of trafficking of course is nothing but horrifying. But people have paid for sex all through the ages and Amsterdam shows with regualtion there really isnt much difference between them and us.

I personally could never comprehend perfoming an act with a stranger and would never be inclined to do so, but im looking at this from the perspective of 'Being Bad' and trying to see if they are really that different to us.

For a link on the PhD study of Netherlands and the sexual habits click HERE
For a link on the 'more men pay for sex in the UK' report click HERE

Masturbation 'Cuts Cancer Risk'

Now its ironic that from our lecture on masturbation (looking at all the health risks), that this article should be posted by the BBC.

It claims that masturbation actually lowers the risk of cancer. The claim is that regualr Ejaculation could 'flush out' the prostate lowering the chances of prostate cancer.

What confuses me is the way that the say 'masturbation' when its simply ejaculation. This to me is simply an example of using the stigma of the word to get more readers and publicity on the story. As we learn't the etymology of the word is difficult to decipher but whats obvious is that it is derogatory. Even the way in which people talk about masturbation in the story is with a hint of trouble.

"If these findings hold up, then it's perfectly reasonable that men should be encouraged to masturbate," he said.

Perfectly reasonable... should be? Look at those words they make it sound like the man is being encouraged to do something bad... How strange?

Link to the article

Bullying Mr. Brown?

In the last few weeks it has come to light that Gordon Brown has been accused of 'bullying'

a certain Mr Wood claimed that the prime minister pushed him aside. Now if you ask me i think the word BULLYING should not be thrown around. i mean the leader of our country got stressed and he was in the way, so he should be shoving people out of the way, he is working for all of us!

That in my opinion is NOT bullying. Millions of people everyday suffer from bullying and have horrible times we could never imagine. What happend in Downing Street in my opinion is handbags and Brown is not Being Bad.

Below see the excerpt and also see the links to the article on Browns Bullying.

"He said: “He [Mr Brown] was in a really bad mood. He walked up the stairs. And I leant forward and he went ‘Outta my way’.

“And did that [Mr Wood make a sweeping gesture with his arm] ‘Get outta my way!’ Then he walked off.”

He added: “He’s never punched me. He did push me aside, I was slightly shocked."

Link to Telegraph Article on Bullying.

Being Bad is Good?

Isn't it always better to let things out? Thats what i was told, (of course there is a time and a place) but holding pent-up aggression or sadness can lead to problems in your health mentally and physically.

While we are more often than not told to not hold back, we are never expected to ball our eyes out or scream and shout on a daily basis to 'feel better'. Well a certain Victoria Lambert in the Daily Mail claims to have found that a large number of things we would consider bad for us are actually fantastic for our health.

I shall name but a few!

1. Swearing actually eases pain (i recently saw proof of that on Friday 5th March on embarresing bodies, check 4OD for that Episode.)

2. Fizzy Drinks actually can reduce your chances of Alzheimers and dementia

3. Lazing about adds years to your life

4. Video Games Boost your metabolism

5. Fidgiting Fights Obesity.

To name but a FEW! And while these are rather exotic statements to make, the article does provide all the necessary information (should you choose to believe it or not) on the studys and research conducted to prove these points!

This couldn't fit the topic and module title better if it tried really...

So, to read her article 'Being Bad is good for you' click HERE

and to find that episode on 4OD click HERE (Series 3 Episode 5)

Bad Behaved Kids

Badly behaved kids... Adults who do well in the real world.

You would think that to be a successful adult a child would have to be well behaved, but the truth is bad behaviour is only classifiable by the situation in which it is presented. For example I read a statement that rings very true to me,

"often the behaviours that people can't tolerate in children are the very things that they admire in adults. For instance, an argumentative child, is a child who sees things from a different perspective and has the confidence to express his or her ideas - a great business asset!" Click HERE for the link to this website

The truth you have to ask yourself is, are there really badly behaved children? Or are they inquisitive to the point of questioning things which annoys teachers?

Personally ive always thought teachers are people who have bad days, weeks and even terms. Yet you would NEVER hear a teacher at a parents evening do the 'adult' thing and admit to being lacklustre this term, or not paying much attention to that specific child now would you?

Click HERE for an interesting BBC article about how 'excluding' students is damaging for them and not the right way to go about things.