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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I hate that they had Anthony giving in and doing a sexual act he was pressured into. There is nothing wrong with wanting to say no to anal sex. It can lead to fissures and other issues, as Anthony said. Thre are many ways to be physically intimate and romanticizing him doing something he didn’t want to do didn’t sit well with me.[/quote]

I was trying to figure out from his facial expressions if he hated it or hated giving up control (his word from dinner). [/quote]

I think he didn't like it. I don't know. It made me pretty uncomfortable because I feel lile I have been in his pressured into doing something I don't want to do because of "love"[/quote]

It looked like he didn’t like it initially then felt the intimacy of it. He was hesitant. I can’t imagine it’s going to be on his top 5 requests, but you could see him softening. This could be a one and done scenario or an occasional menu selection. It seemed valuable for him to try something as growth. That it was anal was a bit simplistic though it also was a great vulnerability.

I also agree the pressure was not cool though. [/quote]

I think Anthony’s view was problematic because of why he didn’t do anal: he didn’t see himself as “the woman.” So it was more about him being growth minded than the actual anal sex. I think it’s hard when you say “flip the genders” and then we’d be perturbed. You can’t always flip the genders and get the same problem. Women aren’t expected to give anal sex to the man. Here, though, Anthony is expecting from his boyfriend that he’s unwilling to do himself. You could also look at this as, for example, the man willing to get oral sex but being unwilling to give oral sex. Most women would probably think that makes the man kind of a dick. [/quote]

I think you are right that this was the intention, it still was gross and came across pushy. Also rub our faces in it that this show was written for women by gay men. Miranda hooking up at the gym, Samantha's endless parade of partners, the women having ten partners a year. I mean I don't know women like this in their 30s and maybe they exist. That being said, they built great characters in the original series and all of them are totally unrelatable and inauthentic beyond outlandish sex lives.[/quote]

Were you single during your thirties? I was. Bit younger than this show cohort. While I wasn’t super promiscuous, easily was with 5-8 men the years I wasn’t in a relationship. Pre-tinder. Imagine most single peoples #s are much higher now unless they are celibate. [/quote]

5 - 8 seems realistic. They were sleeping with someone new almost every date in the first two seasons. Also none of them really in long term relationships in their thirties and this being a big anomaly for them just seems unrealistic as well. To me in many ways the girls' sex lives really are closer to a stereotypical gay man, which is why I am not shocked they brought up this unique aspect of male homosexual sex, which is kind of annoying in a show for women. [/quote]

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