dance until the sky falls down
2004-03-10

I fucked up my presentation today.

What the hell.

I have a bone to pick with the world.

I had a conversation with an old friend a week or so back, and somehow in the steamy cubicle of the shower, in the course of dealing with feelings of self-hate and anger at my freaking presentation, I realized the magnitude of the conversation I had.

I was being my usual self when I lamented the fact that men had �refractory periods�, to which my friend replied with an incredulous,
�They do??�
�I thought that�s common knowledge,� said I.
And she said,
�Well, my ustazah told me men don�t, and it is us women who do, and that�s part of the reason why men are allowed to be polygamous.�

Dude.

I was rendered speechless for a second.
This is the sexual miseducation of Malaysian women.

To those of you who are still wondering what I�m talking about, the refractory period is the time after orgasm, a recovery period after which men can begin anew the whole process of getting it on.

Women apparently, have no or a very short refractory period (say YAY, girls!).

For most men the recovery period lasts up to hours; some lucky bastards need only 2 minutes.
This is a favorite subject women bitch about; it�s everywhere, in the magazines, on TV (hello SATC), everywhere I tell you.
I think there was a scene on Fresh Prince years ago (mind you, this is an OLD series), where the women were saying that sex isn�t as good as food, since you�d have to wait for 2 hours to get seconds. I remember laughing my ass off. And yeah, that was back in Malaysia (I don�t think the Censorship Board understood the joke, those clever, clever people).

Anyway.

I�m angry at the ustazah for

1. disseminating untrue �facts� to her students
2. using said �fact� to justify the controversial polygamy issue

I say no to polygamy.
In fact, I say lets chuck the whole marriage concept down the well.
Let�s all be damned hedonists and dance till the sky crumbles.

Bah.
Freaking presentation.