tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8227541479397215752.post867512706683085119..comments2011-12-13T17:51:15.315-08:00Comments on Alpha Tree: It's OK, women are present.Barakkethhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11113515596645741315noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8227541479397215752.post-72620619965625625982010-11-14T07:25:40.198-08:002010-11-14T07:25:40.198-08:00Thanks all for the helpful comments.
@Transcendan...Thanks all for the helpful comments.<br /><br />@Transcendancing I remain astounded at the difficulty I have in un-confounding these ideas. Doing so almost always productive and fun.<br /><br />@Jarrad I would argue that many of these created environments again place the intimacy in an area that is focussed externally (e.g., hugging following a sporting victory). I have signposted the creation of these sorts of environments as an area for potential future discussions.<br /><br />@Helen I apologise for the lack of clarity. The intention was to indicate in such situations that women were still present in their minds.Barakkethhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11113515596645741315noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8227541479397215752.post-79613424092208025472010-11-07T18:41:41.009-08:002010-11-07T18:41:41.009-08:00"When I asked how an intimate discussion betw..."When I asked how an intimate discussion between men (without women present) would go, almost invariably, there was a clarification that these men were happy to express their vulnerability when talking about their partners, or people they desired."<br /><br />Is this perhaps another way of women being present; in mind, if not not in person?dilettantiquityhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04118312750181261860noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8227541479397215752.post-8150236189862733812010-11-07T07:00:53.855-08:002010-11-07T07:00:53.855-08:00Nice work, K. Intimacy is very interesting because...Nice work, K. Intimacy is very interesting because most dudes have a way of doing it where they create 'acceptable environments'. Hugging a dude closely after a sporting triumph or during for example a concert - not frowned upon and very much acceptable. But I might be pre-empting your future discussions.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09008804979509423018noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8227541479397215752.post-69269529673319081462010-11-07T06:33:51.479-08:002010-11-07T06:33:51.479-08:00The conflation of love, sex and intimacy never fai...The conflation of love, sex and intimacy never fails to astound me. I have different conversations with people - often but not always women - on this subject, and enjoy seeing these three aspects un-conflate themselves from the lived experience of others. Follow up conversations on this subject with those same people have been magical. Intimacy is one of the things I value most highly, and one of the things that I see present in the world and people's everyday lives far more than they seem to.Transcendancinghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12560758487703686287noreply@blogger.com