I really, really passionately hate seeing sexuality presented in a cultural context,

I also really, really passionately hate the either-or proposition here.

It's a matter of discipline, learning, and self-awareness that "the west" has only consciously engaged in for about a century, and the Arab world has hardly touched it for centuries.

Here's me:

I think you may not realize how that sounds?

Here's you again:

It sounds politically incorrect. I won't back down from the statement

I gave you the opportunity to clarify, and you did.  You made it really, really passionately clear.