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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsMy read on the Falwell pool boy saga is
that he can't get it up and lives vicariously through the pool boy
Vinca
(50,299 posts)of underlings. There must be more to the story of the young woman on the yacht. Did the wife watch?
GeorgiaPeanut
(360 posts)and while there is nothing wrong with that, in the evangelical cocoon, he cannot truly come out openly and honestly.
I wouldn't be surprised if he also pleasured the poolboy as much as his wife. THAT is the real predicament for him - a compromising picture of him with another man.
The Magistrate
(95,248 posts)It often overlaps with submissive and masochistic tendencies.
obamanut2012
(26,087 posts)Volaris
(10,273 posts)I have a feeling this is the equalivant of sticking a loaded pistol in his waistband lol.
Not that personally care...but the hiprocrasy IS kinda a thing.
It's not what he puts in his mouth, that's the problem. It's what comes out.
LisaL
(44,974 posts)It doesn't mean Falwell is impotent.
Cracklin Charlie
(12,904 posts)From something else Falwell and Liberty U were up to.
Could be wrong.
NCjack
(10,279 posts)LisaL
(44,974 posts)gopiscrap
(23,762 posts)madinmaryland
(64,933 posts)Franklin Graham has Clenis Envy!
lpbk2713
(42,763 posts)So what if he's old enough to be the pool boy's great grandfather.
NCjack
(10,279 posts)pool's boy ...
stopbush
(24,396 posts)Its the religion thats to blame, not the people.
There is nothing wrong or evil about having an open marriage. There is nothing wrong with voyeurism being part of the sexual practices between consenting adults.
No, its religion - Christianity in this case - that labels such relationships/practices as bad/evil. Thats what all religions do: take normal human activities and label them as sinful. Create a feeling of self-loathing among the faithful. The same religions that say non-hetero human sexual relations are sinful.
And what does that inevitably lead to? Why, the hypocrisy, of course. The demand that human beings treat their nature as sinful, and then when they cant live up to an unreasonable demand, they impose that demand on others, all the while reinforcing their own feelings of self loathing and shame.
In a truly humane world, Falwell and wife and the pool boy would revel in their sexual choices, not feel shame for them (of course, being naughty is very exciting to some people). When questioned about it, the answer would be what of it? Unfortunately, that response is not available to Falwell and other hypocrites with their do what I say, not what I do preachings.
The real problem is the religion, which by its very nature leads to an inevitable path of failure, shame and hypocrisy.
obamanut2012
(26,087 posts)and watching his wife be worked over like a porn actress. That is their thing.
essme
(1,207 posts)I personally don't care what consenting adults do--- but, I damn sure mind when they hide behind religion and are assholes to other people.
Generic Brad
(14,275 posts)Cuthbert Allgood
(4,928 posts)I do think he should be completely dragged for being a fucking hypocritical asshole who not only shamed people for their kink but controlled their actions, made them feel horrible for it, and made millions. For that, he can fuck off. If he wants to watch his wife have sex with some other consenting person, I could not care less.
gopiscrap
(23,762 posts)ridiculed for it
Sympthsical
(9,086 posts)Doesnt have to do with erectile dysfunction.
From my understanding of it, it has to do with getting off to your partner getting off. Their pleasure does it for you.
Its not that uncommon. MyHotWife exists, after all.
Skittles
(153,170 posts)yes INDEED
madinmaryland
(64,933 posts)gopiscrap
(23,762 posts)Skittles
(153,170 posts)it's not sex that is egregious here, it's the serious, ugly hypocrisy - that is just disgusting beyond belief
smirkymonkey
(63,221 posts)I think he's using the affair between the pool boy and his wife as a smoke-screen for his own desires and proclivities. I'm not just saying that to trash him, but there is just something about the whole way this was framed that has made me suspicious. I just get the feeling that he is all too happy to throw his wife under the bus to cover up something much bigger.
It might not have anything to do with his sexuality, it could be something else entirely, but I have a feeling that what they are admitting to is just the tip of the iceberg. Also, even if he does have a sexual history with the young man, it wouldn't matter so much if he hadn't been such a hypocrite all along.
I don't know what their deal is, but something hear just seems very fishy.