Are you a “safe guy”? Or do you know someone who (you or he or some else thinks) is?<\/p>\n
Stephanie Zvan has written about this at Quiche Moraine<\/a>, and I think I might have been living in a different world than Stephanie’s because my experience has always been that the attribute of “safeness” is a negotiated one, and it has not always been about “safe guys” but also “gals.”<\/p>\n Perhaps this is an East Coast vs. Midwestern\/Plains thing, or, perhaps the difference is that we field scientists can spend months at a time (rather than hours now and then) dealing with this issue. There is a difference between a “safe guy” tagging along with the gal to which he is safe while she shops for panties at Victoria’s Secret, and being thrown into a situation where the custom is that everyone bathes (for safety reasons) at the same spot daily and clothing is not an option. Or you share a tent for a week with someone of the opposite sex. Or you are arrested and tossed in a jail together for 24 hours. For instance.<\/p>\n Anyway, go read the post<\/a> and see if your experiences are more like hers or more like mine, and don’t forget to leave a comment!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Are you a “safe guy”? Or do you know someone who (you or he or some else thinks) is? Stephanie Zvan has written about this at Quiche Moraine, and I think I might have been living in a different world than Stephanie’s because my experience has always been that the attribute of “safeness” is a … Continue reading Sociosexually, what is “safe”?<\/span>