Comments on: How Accurate Is Dan Savage’s Definition of Saddlebacking?

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Teenager Jobs — Sat, 19 Mar 2011 18:13:59 +0000

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By: Top 10 Good Men of 2010: Dan Savage — The Good Men Project Magazine

Top 10 Good Men of 2010: Dan Savage — The Good Men Project Magazine — Thu, 16 Dec 2010 08:03:02 +0000

[...] his blunt, unflinching, vulgar, often scatological brand of activism. There would be no Santorum, saddlebacking, or pegging without Savage (or his [...]

By: Mal

Mal — Thu, 13 May 2010 06:52:13 +0000

Joe,
What you were doing with those 2 girls was saddlebacking, but not what you're doing now.

By: Joe

Joe — Tue, 19 Jan 2010 19:20:35 +0000

In my freshman year of college I dated two girls who insisted on saddle-backing so they could tell their future husbands they were still virgins. I thought it was gross at first, but when I realized I was gay a year later and now saddle-back on a daily basis, I don't think it is so bad.

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By: In defence of saddlebacking « Five Public Opinions

In defence of saddlebacking « Five Public Opinions — Sat, 14 Feb 2009 13:37:05 +0000

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By: Mike Riggs

Mike Riggs — Sun, 01 Feb 2009 05:09:56 +0000

@Sam: I didn't mean to give the impression that no one talked about anal sex, but that our pastors had seen in their own youth groups, and heard from other pastors, that oral sex was a popular way for teens to get off while still self-identifying as abstinent. In the context of that particular group of Protestants, it wasn't that pastors ignored anal sex, but rather, anal sex was so abhorred that the idea of someone asking came as a shock. (In defense of the anecdote, I think the kid who raised his hand got off on asking.)

By: Sam

Sam — Sun, 01 Feb 2009 00:19:38 +0000

Please go to Wikipedia and speak up in favor of keeping "Saddlebacking" as a separate entry, though one could certainly debate how widespread this practice is.

And yes, Mike, it is rather significant that no one said a word about anal until that camper raised his hand and asked. If you follow Savage's argument, part of why the kids are doing it is that no one is talking about it.

By: Charlie

Charlie — Thu, 29 Jan 2009 23:24:27 +0000

This was chosen by a vote among various alternative definitions. I was disappointed by this definition in that I wanted to be able to saddleback. Being neither a Christian nor a teenager, I cannot do so. Now santorum, there was a term I could use.

By: Mike Riggs

Mike Riggs — Thu, 29 Jan 2009 19:33:48 +0000

@TomHandy: Theologically, though, oral/hand is still more acceptable than anal. I'm just wondering if Savage's definition makes sense with regards to conservative Protestants, of which Warren is one.

By: TomHandy

TomHandy — Thu, 29 Jan 2009 19:16:20 +0000

I think this was because more recently they've been finding that more teens are responding that they see anal sex as not being "real sex", and it's becoming an increasingly popular option.

By: just sayin

just sayin — Thu, 29 Jan 2009 19:08:00 +0000

Clearly this calls for further research.