Gratuitous hand-waving

In sex-negative society it seems all we hear about is how sex damages people but what is almost never talked about is the emotional damage that comes from a lack of sex. I would argue that a lack of sex is way more damaging to person's emotional self-esteem than many cases of so-called sex abuse. Look at all the mass shooters in the past 20 years. About 98% or more never reported sexual abuse but almost all of them suffered from loneliness, isolation and a lack of sexual companionship. When people don't feel loved, when they feel neglected, is when they turn toward self-destruction and violence. The answer to a less violent society is more sex, not less.

As was mentioned in another thread, in the most recent edition of the Visions of Alice e-Zine I wrote the leading article, called "Taboo Touch," that includes just this sort of condition.

A number of world-renowned studies by published medical researchers have been done regarding the destructive effects of affection withdrawal or total cessation. It can literally be detrimental enough to cause death, and research is listed in my article, with attributions, detailing how a medical doctor discovered this by accident.

Touch is a universal means to provide comfort, affection, consolation, and is a wordless form of communication that has far-reaching implications. It has been proved to even improve a person's health and psychological stability ... which of course I already seemed to understand at an early age.

Locate the latest VoA e-Zine and take a read. A few people might be surprised with what I discovered.

How many here feel they were damaged by a lack of physical affection as kids, raise your hand.

I'd be reluctant to say I was "damaged" as a result of withheld physical intimacy, but I've suffered emotionally and psychologically because of perceived guilt related to an intense craving I have to be intimate ... especially with a LG. Perhaps I could conclude I'm attempting to capture what was lost during my upbringing by hungering for long loving cuddles and gentle cooing with a favored LG.