"Coming from" wink wink. After all the talking about myself that I do, for you to not know my cultural and religious background, then that answer is as good as any. ----- Original Message ----- From: To: lit-ideas@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Sent: 10/6/2006 11:29:51 PM Subject: [lit-ideas] Re: Why am I not surprised? Jews (and I have been part of a Jewish community, so I am in a position to know) are far less puritanical about sex than Christians. I believe the general Jewish position (again, Jews are not a monolith), is that it is not a "sin". I seriously doubt, however, that any groups of Jews get together and discuss how they masturbate any more than any other group of people do. Jews do not consider sex shameful or dirty. Nor do a large percentage of Christians. I would love to know your cultural and religious background. It would help a lot in our communication to know where the person I'm talking to is "coming from". Julie Krueger