I dont know how many on here read the New York Times, but I was really struck by an opinion article they ran last week, by an accomplished author, who is publishing a memoir of her "dry season," a year of what she calls "celibacy." Its a long article that is actually quite dull, in my opinion, but I read it presuming that an intelligent, worldly person who is writing a book about sexuality would at some point talk about chastity as a practice in power exchange. Its hardly an obscure topic if one reads or writes about sexuality.

What she really meant was she spent a year not dating, because she didnt want emotional attachments. Which is a fine choice to make but really, isnt that irrelevant to whether or not one has sex (of any sort)? But if she really wanted to explore a relationship that would be more meaningful, it seems to me she ought to have at least considered chastity as we here would understand it?

The article is here if anyone does care to read it, though again its actually quite dull
<https://www.nytimes.com/2024/10/06/opinion/celibacy-sex-relationships.html>

I wonder if anyone else bothered to read it and had any reaction from a "domina.ms" point of view?