Comments on: Two posts/articles about the Museum of Sex http://www.thesexcarnival.com/2007/10/two-postsarticles-about-the-museum-of-sex/ A group link blog about sex and sexuality. This site contains adult content which may include images, soundsand videos of a sexually explicit nature. If you are under 18, please leave the site now. Wed, 07 Jan 2009 21:17:21 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.7 hourly 1 By: Chris http://www.thesexcarnival.com/2007/10/two-postsarticles-about-the-museum-of-sex/comment-page-1/#comment-2085 Chris Tue, 16 Oct 2007 12:16:06 +0000 http://www.thesexcarnival.com/2007/10/two-postsarticles-about-the-museum-of-sex/#comment-2085 That's really true. M and I went to the very first exhibit when I first arrived in New York years ago, and it was an interesting survey of the history of sex in NYC, and captured something essential not only about sexuality, but about the flavor of New York. But the exhibits since then have felt less and less so. I like Katharine Gates, but this most recent exhibit seems to be a mile wide and about an inch deep; it catalogs a lot of different kinks, but doesn't really explore the meaning of any of these fetishes, or what it means that our private sexualities are so different from our publicly-stated morals. But it's worse that there seems to be such a complete disconnect between the museum and the communities in the city. It feels kind of like they want to look at us from a distance, but can't risk getting too close. I have little awareness of them taking part in or sponsoring any of the big community events, like Folsom East or LPN; in fact, they feel pretty much damn invisible unless you seek them out. That’s really true. M and I went to the very first exhibit when I first arrived in New York years ago, and it was an interesting survey of the history of sex in NYC, and captured something essential not only about sexuality, but about the flavor of New York. But the exhibits since then have felt less and less so. I like Katharine Gates, but this most recent exhibit seems to be a mile wide and about an inch deep; it catalogs a lot of different kinks, but doesn’t really explore the meaning of any of these fetishes, or what it means that our private sexualities are so different from our publicly-stated morals.

But it’s worse that there seems to be such a complete disconnect between the museum and the communities in the city. It feels kind of like they want to look at us from a distance, but can’t risk getting too close. I have little awareness of them taking part in or sponsoring any of the big community events, like Folsom East or LPN; in fact, they feel pretty much damn invisible unless you seek them out.

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