Would You Take a "Fetish Cure" If It Existed?

[Fred588]

snip Jesus repeatedly talked about leaving judging up to his Father. It's too bad he didn't expand on sexual deviance the way he did about getting along and helping the needy. It would have helped gays and fetishists both.

I am not even slightly religious but I believe he did say, regarding the stoning of a prostitute, "Let the one among you who is without sin cast the first stone."

[Duncan Edwards]

snip Jesus repeatedly talked about leaving judging up to his Father. It's too bad he didn't expand on sexual deviance the way he did about getting along and helping the needy. It would have helped gays and fetishists both.

I am not even slightly religious but I believe he did say, regarding the stoning of a prostitute, "Let the one among you who is without sin cast the first stone."

I was raised by the theological equivalent of a Protestant Taliban. I think the fact that Jesus didn't have much to offer about "sexual deviance" pretty much speaks for itself. The problem there is a lot of people have put much less charitable views in the blank spaces.

[QuicksandMania]

I was raised by the theological equivalent of a Protestant Taliban. I think the fact that Jesus didn't have much to offer about "sexual deviance" pretty much speaks for itself. The problem there is a lot of people have put much less charitable views in the blank spaces.

As far as I know, Saint Paul resurrected the Old Testament preachments against sodomy and other forms of "sexual immorality" in his letters to the Romans. Most theologians interpret his writings as "divine inspiration" and not questionable. A minority dissent and say that Paul was trying to placate the Romans by appealing to common prejudices. To me, this is all irrelevant since I am an atheist. We had that discussion on this board (or maybe even its predecessor) long ago so I will not go there again. I agree with the idea of letting each person exercise his own personal theology rather than sheepishly following the alleged experts holding divinity degrees.

[Kingsmythe]

I would not.

I don't think I can ever remember being "normal" in my life.

I've been that brainy kid, that geek, the weird guy who reads all the time.

I'm a North American Male who doesn't give a damn about football, cars, or drink beer.

I don't seek out ways to be weird, but by a lot of folks standards, I'm out there.

And, thankfully, I have some great friends in my life.

They're all ok with who I am.

So, no I wouldn't take it. But I can see how some folks would want to.

[Mynock]

Hell no.

[klib21]

If someone were to say a fetish is something to be cured, they probably also think that homosexuality and stuff are things to be cured as well. It doesn't make any sense. Why not just deny that sex even exists if your morality and perspective are so narrow?

[quagmire_uk]

My fetish is a pretty minor part of my life, so no, I probably wouldn't take the cure, as getting rid of my fetish wouldn't really change much of my life, it would just subtract a small something from it.

On the other hand, if I did take the "cure", it wouldn't destroy a big part of who I am, it wouldn't change my life or relationships at all so it wouldn't be a big loss.

There are people for whom their fetishes completely dominate their sex lives. "Normal" sex or "vanilla" sex just doesn't hold the appeal and their sex lives aren't fully satisfying unless their fetish is involved. In those cases, a fetish cure might be beneficial, though of course that would be up to person in question.

[rhinodynamo]

I voted "yes", but that wasn't necessarily true. I think I'd rather just have it toned down a little.

[klib21]

If there were a way to like, have a switch to turn it on and off, though, I'd go for that. It can get a little distracting at times.

[bbjohn]

Well, I thought I'd throw my two cents worth into this. If we're talking about a "fetish cure," one has to ask where the fetish ends and the real person begins. I'm afraid it would change people to the point where we wouldn't recognize them. I'd also be worried about the side effects of such a cure. As a veteran of anti-depressants, I can tell you they don't really cure the depression. They just make you so doped up, you can't feel the symptoms anymore.

I see some people on here have talked about their religious upbringing. I'm the son of a Lutheran pastor, so I've been in churches my whole life. My dad had an interesting expression: the devil works overtime in churches. From what I've seen of church politics, I would agree.

I've always marveled at people who think God doesn't like sex. How could He not like it? He INVENTED it! He just gave us some rules to live by so we wouldn't hurt or exploit each other with it.

Seriously, fetishes are part of human existence, and part of what makes us what we are. The best way to deal with a fetish, in my mind, is to recognize you have it and learn to live with it in a way that doesn't hurt yourself or anyone else. We all must deal with life's issues as individuals. What works for you might not work for someone else.

Would I take a fetish pill? If it kept me from wanting to hurt people, yes. However, if it turned me into a very different person from what I am now, I would be very hesitant to take such a pill. Being "cured" of a fetish may create more problems that it fixes.

Big Bad John