New Community
I've created a community that I wanted to let you all know about. Behind the cut is the basic community invite I've been posting in various places around LJ. I wanted to let you all know about the community I have just created -- reclaiming_sex . The focus is on people who come from a sexually detrimental religious set of beliefs who are reclaiming a healthy idea of sex. All are welcome, regardless of current or past religious beliefs. If you have been hurt by sexual repression, abuse, the exgay movement, or hate from within a religious idea, or simply want to cultivate or help others cultivate a healthier incorporation of sex into one's life, please join and share your journey with others.
On a personal note, I am a former evangelical christian, though currently highly spiritual person, who once believed that lustful thoughts, masturbation, pornography, homosexuality, etc. were all sinful especially outside of marriage. As someone who was strongly devoted to her faith throughout the teenaged and sexually developmental years, I am still feeling the repurcussions of sexual repression even now, three and a half years into my marriage. My intellectual ideas of sex have changed greatly, but my psychological and emotional responses can still hold on to old habits. I know that I can't be the only one who experiences this, so I am reaching out to the greater livejournal community to hopefully create a network of support for myself and for those like me.
I am aware that this can be a touchy issue. Though tolerance and respect for others, regardless of their beliefs, is expected, you do not have to believe that sex outside of marriage is okay, or support homosexuality in order to join. Maybe you are currently a strong Christian and waited until marriage to have sex, only to discover that years of sexual repression is still interfering with your marital life, even though sex is supposed to be okay now. Whatever the case may be, if you believe you have something to contribute to the community or would appreciate the support of others, please join and spread the word.
It is not about paganism per se, but many members here have found healing and a newfound faith with pagan circles due to the acceptance and reverence of sexuality found within the many pagan subfaiths. I'd love it if you all stopped by, and if you feel you could benefit from or contribute to the community, please join us. :) Namaste, all.
On a personal note, I am a former evangelical christian, though currently highly spiritual person, who once believed that lustful thoughts, masturbation, pornography, homosexuality, etc. were all sinful especially outside of marriage. As someone who was strongly devoted to her faith throughout the teenaged and sexually developmental years, I am still feeling the repurcussions of sexual repression even now, three and a half years into my marriage. My intellectual ideas of sex have changed greatly, but my psychological and emotional responses can still hold on to old habits. I know that I can't be the only one who experiences this, so I am reaching out to the greater livejournal community to hopefully create a network of support for myself and for those like me.
I am aware that this can be a touchy issue. Though tolerance and respect for others, regardless of their beliefs, is expected, you do not have to believe that sex outside of marriage is okay, or support homosexuality in order to join. Maybe you are currently a strong Christian and waited until marriage to have sex, only to discover that years of sexual repression is still interfering with your marital life, even though sex is supposed to be okay now. Whatever the case may be, if you believe you have something to contribute to the community or would appreciate the support of others, please join and spread the word.
It is not about paganism per se, but many members here have found healing and a newfound faith with pagan circles due to the acceptance and reverence of sexuality found within the many pagan subfaiths. I'd love it if you all stopped by, and if you feel you could benefit from or contribute to the community, please join us. :) Namaste, all.