No Humping

I consider myself open minded: I don't care who does what to whom but, and this is a big but, I don't want to see it. I don't even want to think about it. Which is why I can't read romance novels. Not only do they not appeal to me from a sensibility standpoint but they embarass the heck out of me. The characters fill their lives with what I see as completely unnecessary emotional complication, confess love and vulnerability, and then for the grand finale, they hump.

I do not want to hear about throbbing man parts or the penetrating of souls. And I sure as heck don't want to see it. I am so embarassed for actors in love scenes that I can't even watch through my fingers. Not even when I'm alone. Not even when both people are incredibly attractive. Brokeback Mountain was out of the question for me. I could hardly watch the commercials. I would have been okay if the two men were just in love--no wives, no cheating, no completely unnecessary emotional complications--and if all they did was stand around arm-in-arm watching sunsets. But from what I heard there was cheating--can't handle it, too much forced vulnerability on the cuckold--and there was not just humping but angry humping and not just angry humping but angry shame humping. Why hump on screen people? Why? Why not just pan to the tent flap? And why cheat on your wives? I guess I'll never know because I won't be seeing that movie any time soon.

My prudishness actually extends much further. I was watching Bones alone a few weeks back and there was a scene of what I consider extreme emotional vulnerability between Angela and Hodgins. I spent the entire moment staring at the upper right hand corner of the entertainment center and wishing it was over. I was blushing even though, as I mentioned, I was completely alone--except for the exposed Angela and Hodgins who really didn't need my help to break each other's hearts. Please people, let's get back to the decomposing bodies.

INTJ's tend to be very matter-of-fact about sex. We know it's done, we do it, we like it, but we don't equate it with deep emotional connection. For me, deep emotional connection comes from a meeting of the minds, not a meeting of the nether region organs. That's not to say that I'm into playing the field. There are diseases out there, there is the potential for unnecessary emotional complication, and there is the fact that most people do equate sex with deep emotional connection. All of this is very messy and I think I've made it clear that I like my life quite tidy.

I'm not sure all INTJ's are as uncomfortable with vulnerability as I am but I have a feeling it is so. It completely explains why Jane Austen holds up Mr. Darcy as a romantic ideal. Jane was an INTJ, you know. Jane's characters always announced their intentions with the utmost decorum and they most certainly never humped.

PP

Comments

[White Rabbit]

You're funny. i'm an INTJ who doesn't mind the whole PDA thing when it's privately exposed in my living room (though i do have limitations). Yet i do get easily embarrassed when such things appear on the screen while watching with anyone besides my female. Of course, i score pretty high on the F also. i too couldn't watch brokeback. Oh, and there's also that strange sort of climax that occurs when i really know i'm "tracking" with someone on an idea. Weird.

[Diosa]

Never had a problem with sex on screen. I don't find it embarrassing. In fact it can be rather educational. I don't like romance novels. I'd rather read penthouse forum. I like my sex straight up, not disguised as literature. So, not all INTJ's think alike on this matter.