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Don't do it in United Arab Emirates or have any sexually explicit magazines or books. Don't have sex unless your married (even Westerners). You can be arrested and deported.
I heard about that. Just read an article about a man and woman who were jailed for kissing in a restaurant in Dubai. Draconian. I don't see how they think they're going to draw international tourists with such a backward perspective. Might as well scrap all those stunning new modern buildings.
Well, are you going to a Baptist school? That's the only place I ever heard of normal affection being called a PDA!
Baptists have a pretty skewed idea of the world. Their view is neither healthy nor normal.
Ha! I agree that it's a term mostly used by those who take a negative stance toward it, but it seems to be the only way to topicalize it. Even so, I've heard it often, and I've never been to a Baptist school.
The negative aspect, I think, is in the use of the word "display." That's a very loaded word, with connotations not necessarily intended.
And I would say that any primarily religious view of the world is not healthy... and the more fundamentally religious, the more skewed and unhealthy that view is.
What is the definition of a PDA? Is it kissing and holding hands? Can you go further and sit on someones lap? How about sitting on someones lap, facing them, kissing and grinding?
Where the line is. That's part of the issue, isn't it. It's blurry, and varies with the culture and the individual.
Holding hands, a little kiss, or a hug--nothing wrong with that!!! Having sex with clothes on, nah!!
Although most people would agree (as well as me), I think it's healthy and reasonable to question why we think sexual activity of any kind in public isn't a good thing. If we find that our biases are unfounded or based on outmoded or irrelevant perspectives, then it behooves us to reevaluate those positions.
I think that ones view of that changes as one ages.
You are right, Sweetie. Sex is better if you take your clothes off first. ;)
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Isn't the disrobing part of sex?
"Sex is dirty only if you do it right!" (It may be the only funny thing Woody Allen ever said)
My answer would be to a certain degree and depending on the place. Not all places and situations are appropriate. Yet one more remark I do want to make is that the public opinion - even here in the Netherlands - is very biassed when it comes to public displays of affection between men, women, or of members of the opposite sex. In my experience public affection between men is far less tolerated than those other forms.