So the question is not where that discomfort comes from in the sense of religion or whatever, but what goes through our minds when we hear others talking about things and we start getting uncomfortable -- like it might be inappropriate -- looking around to see if children are present. I think we get shamed on behalf of others, more than on our own behalfs, and we leap to the assumption that we must censor ourselves, just in case.
So when you censor yourself on a sexual subject, just whose ears are you concerned about? Whose thoughts are you concerned about? Your own -- or the hypothetical concern of others -- or is it that you think others will think badly of you for even entertaining sexual thoughts?
So when you censor yourself on a sexual subject, just whose ears are you concerned about? Whose thoughts are you concerned about? Your own -- or the hypothetical concern of others -- or is it that you think others will think badly of you for even entertaining sexual thoughts?