horseloverfat

Asking for consent for a hug is like asking your friend whether you can use their toilet paper. Who the hell is going to say no? Do you ask permission to shake their hand?

Even I'm slightly autistic and I don't say no usually. Consent should only be given if there's a decent chance of a no, and the thing at issue has serious repercussions for the other person. Hugging, kissing, handshakes don't have serious repercussions, just maybe some awkwardness.

The empire never ended.

God as a pantheistic deity is the totality of existence. Such a being is founded upon attraction, stars orbit galaxies, planets orbit stars. Thus attraction (love) forms the basis of the construction of matter, planetary systems and biological life itself. Repulsion, the inverse of attraction causes systems to break apart, however it is not the basis of creation. Thus god must be attraction (love).

there's a double standard when applied to women having preferences for certain types of men. i.e black men, etc.

Ultimately we shouldn't judge people for their fetishes anymore than we would like to be judged.