This, hopefully brief, 'MyTake' is about something that apparently very few people even recognise anymore: self-control.
Since becoming a member of 'GirlsAskGuys' I've noticed one outstanding (and rather disturbing) characteristic of the kind of questions that are asked here, and that is the extent to which they reveal a complete and utter lack of self-awareness and personal maturity of the one asking the question. Questions of the calibre of, "Should I cheat on my wife/husband if my next-door neighbour is hot?", or "Why don't women realise they don't belong in the workforce, but in the kitchen?", and of course the interminable (and utterly boring) questions about dick size.
In a recent DM conversation I had with another GAG member, the topic was about the domination/submission dichotomy, and I was asked by the other person to which group I belonged. I said neither, because I thought the whole thing was rather silly, and it got to the stage where I told him that, "Because we have free will, and don't need to automatically fulfil our instincts and impulses", to which this person replied with, "So like you should restrain yourself from indulging into kinks? Is that what you mean to say?"
My first thoughts were, "Ummm... yeah? Of course. Is this really such a novel idea?" Wow. Absolutely incredible. Judging by this specific reaction, I was given the very strong impression that this was the very first time that a thought like this had entered this person's mind, and it left be truly baffled. Have concepts like self-control, the responsible exercise of free will, and just behaving like a sane adult become things of the past now? Do people still understand that the world isn't about fulfilling each and every desire and impulse that may occur to them, and is actually about being considerate, responsible, and generally not causing harm or trying to blame others for the mistakes that no one but yourself are actually responsible for?
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