I love this story! A subway stripper in Chile was arrested for trying to strip near the presidential palace. She strips on the subway cars; the media call her the "Metro Goddess". And she's doing it -- to make Chile a less prudish place.

I love this idea because I think sexual repression is unnatural. We're designed to procreate. I'm not a hedonist -- I don't think people should be running around trying to procreate however they can, but I do feel strongly that people should feel comfortable thinking and talking about sex. With friends, family, but especially with your partner. Think about it -- if you can frankly talk to your partner about sex, what can't you talk about with him?

And what about your child(ren)? Do you really want them growing up into their sexually mature years learning and believing what their school friends tell them about sex? Like how you can't get pregnant the first time you have sex, or how oral sex isn't really sex -- kids believe this shit! And the list of other things they believe is long -- here's just one page full of them.

I'm a big fan of education, openness, and honesty. Teaching kids and uninformed adults about sex, contraception, etc. so they can make educated and informed choices when they need to. I think anytime you try to make something natural seem unnatural, you end up encouraging secrecy and deception -- because if you make it bad, it's not going to stop people from doing it, it's just going to change the way that they do it. Another good thing about being comfortable with your own sexuality is that it makes it easier to accept other people's sexuality too -- whatever that may be.

So hurray to the subway stripper! I wish we had poles on the Bart :)