Pete Wright

centuries and centuries and centuries right because um it is you know when you look at at the first sort of interpretations of of lust and original sin it's because of adam and eve it were were you know thrown out of the garden of even because eve was was in inciting lustful feelings in adam and tempting right the garden of temptation wait a minute is that right

centuries and centuries and centuries right because um it is you know when you look at at the first sort of interpretations of of lust and original sin it's because of adam and eve it were were you know thrown out of the garden of even because eve was was in inciting lustful feelings in adam and tempting right the garden of temptation wait a minute is that right

The original sin is believed to have been a corruption of human nature introduced the inclination toward vice. Lust was a consequence of human nature's corruption, right? This is the manifestation of humanity's fallen state, right? That's where it started. That's where we started. That's the first time we started talking about it. Right.

The original sin is believed to have been a corruption of human nature introduced the inclination toward vice. Lust was a consequence of human nature's corruption, right? This is the manifestation of humanity's fallen state, right? That's where it started. That's where we started. That's the first time we started talking about it. Right.

Like the sin, the original sin of sexual temptation and lack of purity. I see.

Like the sin, the original sin of sexual temptation and lack of purity. I see.

Pretty much. That's what we did.

Pretty much. That's what we did.

I know too much about the Bible. You sure do.

I know too much about the Bible. You sure do.

Yeah. The books that were not allowed in the Bible. Yes. It's like the Cimmerillion from J.R.R. Tolkien. You read a lot of that. Sure. You don't even know. Nerds are with me. Yeah, okay. I think I mispronounced it. The Cimmerillion. Oh, sure. Okay, got it. You get it now. Yeah, of course. All right.

Yeah. The books that were not allowed in the Bible. Yes. It's like the Cimmerillion from J.R.R. Tolkien. You read a lot of that. Sure. You don't even know. Nerds are with me. Yeah, okay. I think I mispronounced it. The Cimmerillion. Oh, sure. Okay, got it. You get it now. Yeah, of course. All right.

So anyhow, the thing about lust being so super gendered, like that has stayed with us over thousands of years.

So anyhow, the thing about lust being so super gendered, like that has stayed with us over thousands of years.

I did some searching for the, you know, the myths of lust. And I found so many, I found a lot of pages of people talking about the immodest woman, right? That it is, and this is the genderfication of lust. This is the big misconstruction of lust that blaming women for dressing a certain way, looking a certain way, behaving a certain way, for creating an environment that is lusty in men.

I did some searching for the, you know, the myths of lust. And I found so many, I found a lot of pages of people talking about the immodest woman, right? That it is, and this is the genderfication of lust. This is the big misconstruction of lust that blaming women for dressing a certain way, looking a certain way, behaving a certain way, for creating an environment that is lusty in men.

And it is such a myth, right? It's such a grotesque misinterpretation of humans living together, that particular thing. To me, I think that's really tough to read, that stuff. Mostly because the data,

And it is such a myth, right? It's such a grotesque misinterpretation of humans living together, that particular thing. To me, I think that's really tough to read, that stuff. Mostly because the data,

goes the other way the data says that men and women can lust equally that lust is when it becomes negative it's a loss of control but when it's positive it's erotic sexual attraction that serves a purpose right that serves a purpose in us so it is I think it's really a complicated thing because it's like a derogatory term for sexual attraction that is used to

goes the other way the data says that men and women can lust equally that lust is when it becomes negative it's a loss of control but when it's positive it's erotic sexual attraction that serves a purpose right that serves a purpose in us so it is I think it's really a complicated thing because it's like a derogatory term for sexual attraction that is used to