Heh...it's the newest trend, apparently - they're big in at least North America and Europe, as far as I can tell. http://www.cuddleparty.com/, among many others.
Hmmm....honestly, I don't find the workshops that creepy. It's astonishing to me how many women just are uncomfortable with or just not very competent at masturbating. In fact, just yesterday a friend of mine posted a huge frustrated shout on her LJ about how she's completely incapable of bringing herself to orgasm, and how amazingly frustrating it is to her....and it's far from the first time I've heard that from female friends.
lol...fair enough. But if people haven't learned on their own, for whatever reason, and they're willing to be in that situation to learn, then what the hell. If I couldn't have orgasms, I'd probably be willing to put up with a lot more than that to learn! ;-)
These people have obviously never seen a group of SCAdians together... yeah I wasn't a big "hug person"... that would be the english upbringing... one only hugs one's family ;p until I joined the SCA... now it feels like I've not said hello or goodbye properly without one! ;)
I think this is my major objection to the idea - There's an implication that you'll be with strangers with questionable motives. With the right people I'd be up for it. With people I don't know? Not a chance.
But hey, whatever floats your boat. That's why I posted my comment here and not on the original thread. I didn't want to poison the well.
I heard about this three years ago. As I understood it, concerns like yours were an early problem until supervision became more active in breaking up things that threatened to go overboard.
Granted, there's not a thing that can be done about people following each other home, but I've never heard of that being an issue. Sometimes, both the sexually repressed and the ultimately motivated just need the hug too -- and the boundaries that keep it down to a hug.
The only thing, though, is that presumably the better supervision was brought about by the organization of the movement (like on the cuddle party page I put above). They have trained facilitators and everything. However, the local Calgary group have decided they don't mind that there are no local facilitators, and are just doing it regardless. Hopefully, the levels of supervision/protection are still good.
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Date: 2007-05-11 07:36 pm (UTC)But hey, whatever floats your boat. That's why I posted my comment here and not on the original thread. I didn't want to poison the well.
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Date: 2007-05-11 08:54 pm (UTC)Granted, there's not a thing that can be done about people following each other home, but I've never heard of that being an issue. Sometimes, both the sexually repressed and the ultimately motivated just need the hug too -- and the boundaries that keep it down to a hug.
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