GirlChat #599107
She finds virtue in the denial; not just in the avoidance of harm.
She finds his inability to admit his own fantasies to himself laudable. And her views of her own desires are filled with expressions which evince self-loathing. Its only in the dialogue between von Trier's two figures that a healthy view emerges. That there has been nothing shameful or exploitive about what her partner's consented to. And that she's judging her own sexuality harshly primarily by buying into society's stereotypes about "normal" sexuality ( and gender roles. ) I felt that Joe's beliefs, isolated from Seligman's critique, form a "backhanded compliment" which actually insults the Pedophile for even having the desire. This dovetails nicely into VirPed's central stance that our desires taint our objectivity and that there are topics we must recuse ourselves from discussing because our judgement is necessarily clouded and suspect. Dante |