The libertinage (part 1)

According to Wikipedia and Larousse, there are two types of libertine, but for me they are similar:

- originally, the libertine of spirit (or free thinker), freed from metaphysics and religious ethics, who refuses all submission to the Church and dogma,

- the libertine of morals: who leads a ‘dissolute’ life (what does ‘dissolute’ mean, grrhh), who indulges in physical pleasures with a freedom that exceeds the limits of conventional morality (I prefer this definition).

Although I grew up in a traditional Asian family where sex is still very taboo, I don't think I have any taboos on the subject. Some people close to me tell me that I'm lucky not to be under the weight of a religious upbringing, I don't know if it's really that or having a bad temper (or simply a critical mind), but I don't consider sex to be an unhealthy or morally reprehensible activity. On the contrary, I think it's good for your health, and it's even been scientifically proven!

All men and women are made to feel physical emotions, to reproduce. It's purely biological. In fact, if the human species hasn't died out, that's why.

Now, judging this to be an unhealthy activity, in my opinion, is like making little children believe that if they're not good Santa won't bring them a present this year. It's totally unfounded.

Anyway, that's just my opinion on how I see sex, and it doesn't stop me respecting other people's views.

My husband Giacomo introduced me to libertarianism very early on in our relationship. Being a little older than me, he had already had libertine experiences, and this way of life and thinking suited him so much that he couldn't see himself living any other way. So before we got any further into our romance, he quickly did his libertine ‘coming-out’ to find out whether I was going to run away or not.

Luckily, being very close to this way of thinking, I had no trouble adopting it.

Paradoxically, like a lot of people I think, at the time I had imagined a gloomy atmosphere and practices. In the end, with hindsight, it's the least hypocritical environment I know.

I think that morality and religion have put a veil of shame over sexuality in order to maintain a kind of control over people, even in their strictest intimacy... But that's just my humble opinion, I could be wrong!

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