# End Recreational Sex! **URL:** \ **Category:** Politics & Elections\ **Created:** [February 28, 2024, 2:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/end-recreational-sex/998234 "2024-02-28T14:37:34Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 16\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![Love\_Rhombus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/love_rhombus/32/10694_2.png) [@Love\_Rhombus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Love_Rhombus)\ **Post date:** [March 1, 2024, 5:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/end-recreational-sex/998234/41 "2024-03-01T17:52:18Z")
And they’ll all get these cool white hats and red robes! Come on, who doesn’t want free clothes? ---
**Author:** ![Euphonious\_Polemic](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/euphonious_polemic/32/3002_2.png) [@Euphonious\_Polemic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Euphonious_Polemic)\ **Post date:** [March 1, 2024, 7:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/end-recreational-sex/998234/42 "2024-03-01T19:09:29Z")
> [@Whack-a-Mole](#): > > Which is to say that conservative politicians thinking sex should only be for procreation is laughable. As has been said before, they mean sex should only be for procreation **for other people.** Remember, It’s OK If A Republican Does It. ---
**Author:** ![SuntanLotion](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/suntanlotion/32/16165_2.png) [@SuntanLotion](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SuntanLotion)\ **Post date:** [March 1, 2024, 9:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/end-recreational-sex/998234/43 "2024-03-01T21:22:34Z")
“But…he told me if he comes on my abdomen, the sperm go through the skin and can impregnate me!” lol ---
**Author:** ![Gatopescado](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gatopescado/32/5711_2.png) [@Gatopescado](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gatopescado)\ **Post date:** [March 1, 2024, 9:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/end-recreational-sex/998234/44 "2024-03-01T21:49:38Z")
‘Recreational’? Boating is recreational. Monkey Business is Serious Business! 🙊 ---
**Author:** ![DocCathode](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/doccathode/32/18773_2.png) [@DocCathode](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DocCathode)\ **Post date:** [March 1, 2024, 9:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/end-recreational-sex/998234/45 "2024-03-01T21:53:01Z")
I now have the urge to yell the thread title after we reach that moment of moments. Is it just me? ---
**Author:** ![Qadgop\_the\_Mercotan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/qadgop_the_mercotan/32/83_2.png) [@Qadgop\_the\_Mercotan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Qadgop_the_Mercotan)\ **Post date:** [March 1, 2024, 9:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/end-recreational-sex/998234/46 "2024-03-01T21:55:01Z")
End recreational sex? Which end?? ---
**Author:** ![Moriarty](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/moriarty/32/49_2.png) [@Moriarty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Moriarty)\ **Post date:** [March 1, 2024, 10:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/end-recreational-sex/998234/47 "2024-03-01T22:37:28Z")
In my neighborhood, the guest parking spots are marked with a sign that says “recreational parking.” Y’ know, just for fun. ---
**Author:** ![Drum\_God](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/drum_god/32/44_2.png) [@Drum\_God](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Drum_God)\ **Post date:** [March 2, 2024, 1:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/end-recreational-sex/998234/48 "2024-03-02T01:10:47Z")
Nope. I read it as “face-sitters” too. I’m a sick, sick puppy. ---
**Author:** ![Measure\_for\_Measure](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/measure_for_measure/32/557_2.png) [@Measure\_for\_Measure](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Measure_for_Measure)\ **Post date:** [March 4, 2024, 5:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/end-recreational-sex/998234/49 "2024-03-04T05:19:21Z")
> [@Max\_S](#): > > That would be [Mary Harrington](https://www.newstatesman.com/encounter/2023/03/mary-harrington-interview-make-sex-consequential), who is British, speaking at a 2023 panel hosted by the Heritage Foundation called “[Reactionary Feminism: Sex and the Market](https://www.heritage.org/gender/event/reactionary-feminism-sex-and-the-market)” (follow link for full video, tweet below). What can I say, it’s a think tank. They don’t work without _some_ diversity of viewpoints. From your tweet, I see that while Mary Harrington opposes the pill in the vid (and implies she favors intimacy), “Conservatives have to lead the way in restoring sex to its true purpose, & ending recreational sex & senseless use of birth control pills,” was the addition of the Heritage Foundation. That’s the official position of the leading conservative think tank in the US: End Recreational Sex Now! Rufo was just reiterating it. It’s an interesting POV: I’m not sure how they propose to enforce it, other than banning all forms of birth control. Which obviously doesn’t go far enough to be effective. As noted above, this official position of the Heritage Foundation goes far beyond Catholic doctrine: basically they are calling for abstinence after marriage for couples who have had enough children. I would like to know the position of every elected Republican on this issue: do you oppose recreational sex after marriage, and what legislation are you currently working on to advance this viewpoint? The Heritage Foundation also wants to [end the Civil Service as we know it](https://democracyforward.org/work/report-civil-service/), all the better to end the scourge of recreational sex as fast as possible without administrative or expert review. ---
**Author:** ![SuntanLotion](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/suntanlotion/32/16165_2.png) [@SuntanLotion](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SuntanLotion)\ **Post date:** [March 4, 2024, 7:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/end-recreational-sex/998234/50 "2024-03-04T07:15:53Z")
If sex isn’t recreational, then it must be business. ---
**Author:** ![Love\_Rhombus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/love_rhombus/32/10694_2.png) [@Love\_Rhombus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Love_Rhombus)\ **Post date:** [March 4, 2024, 10:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/end-recreational-sex/998234/51 "2024-03-04T10:17:18Z")
Recreational? What about educational or confrontational or organizational? ---
**Author:** ![scudsucker](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/scudsucker/32/14101_2.png) [@scudsucker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/scudsucker)\ **Post date:** [March 4, 2024, 11:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/end-recreational-sex/998234/52 "2024-03-04T11:01:23Z")
My first efforts were certainly educational (thanks Katie!). I would not go confrontational - I don’t get the concept of “angry sex” or, worse, rape. Organisational, maybe. I would like to organise a threesome, but unfortunately I need to convince two others to join in. ---
**Author:** ![Love\_Rhombus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/love_rhombus/32/10694_2.png) [@Love\_Rhombus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Love_Rhombus)\ **Post date:** [March 4, 2024, 11:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/end-recreational-sex/998234/53 "2024-03-04T11:15:39Z")
> [@scudsucker](#): > > Organisational, maybe. I would like to organise a threesome, but unfortunately I need to convince two others to join in. Just don’t try organizing a spreadsheet. That would be both awkward and boring. Doesn’t set the mood. ---
**Author:** ![scudsucker](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/scudsucker/32/14101_2.png) [@scudsucker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/scudsucker)\ **Post date:** [March 4, 2024, 11:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/end-recreational-sex/998234/54 "2024-03-04T11:21:43Z")
You obviously don’t know any hot, sexy accountants. There is nothing like creating a pivot table as foreplay… I mean what could be sexier than Excel & chill? ---
**Author:** ![OldOlds](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/a3d4f5/32.png) [@OldOlds](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/OldOlds)\ **Post date:** [March 4, 2024, 11:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/end-recreational-sex/998234/55 "2024-03-04T11:54:51Z")
We were going to have sex last night, but we didn’t have enough people. ---
**Author:** ![Cheesesteak](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cheesesteak/32/3694_2.png) [@Cheesesteak](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cheesesteak)\ **Post date:** [March 4, 2024, 11:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/end-recreational-sex/998234/56 "2024-03-04T11:59:13Z")
I see the makings of a slogan: End Recreational Sex… Get Married Ba-Dum-Tiss I’ll be here all week. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/end-recreational-sex/998234.md?page=2)