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ShazzieB

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5. Good question, but I don't think this story was about Jerry Jr.

Reply to keithbvadu2 (Reply #1)

Mon Nov 20, 2023, 04:22 PM

Nov 2023

The op says it took place in the late 70s, and Jerry Jr would have been a teenager then. (magine growing up with Jerry Falwell Sr.. as a father. *shudder* )

The irony is that what Jr did wouldn't be a big deal if he wasn't who he is. Getting off by watching your partner have sex with someone else is a relatively harmless kink (assuming the partner and the other party are all in on it, of course). But because it was antithetical to the views he espoused and the rules Liberty U students were required to follow, it was a huge scandal!

Whatever one may think about sexual kinks, Jr's real sin was his hypocrisy.

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Heard this story thirdhand 45+ years ago, but it still resonates with me. [View all] no_hypocrisy Nov 2023 OP

What do you call it when you watch your wife having sex with another man, Jerry Jr? keithbvadu2 Nov 2023 #1

Homosexuality by proxy. . . . nt Bernardo de La Paz Nov 2023 #3

Good question, but I don't think this story was about Jerry Jr. ShazzieB Nov 2023 #5

It is a good vehicle for LGBT allies to use the punchline Bernardo de La Paz Nov 2023 #2

It took me a minute to understand the joke 70sEraVet Nov 2023 #4