Cross-post from the Love, Joy, Feminism comment section:

Hey, horny fundies.  Fellow highly-sexed individual over here.

So, you’re having sexy thoughts a lot, am I right?  I thought I was the only one!  I’m not alone!!  Welcome, fellow perverts!  </sarcasm>

In my, admittedly unscientific, experience, do you know how I deal with this pleasant, occasionally distracting phenomenon?  Get ready …

I let myself have sexual thoughts.

“How can that be?!” you might be thinking to yourselves.  “My hair will spontaneously light on fire!!  I’ll dissolve into a pool of lust and horniness!!!  My god will smite me with a lightning bolt!”  Honestly, that’s probably not going to happen.

As long as you don’t make anyone uncomfortable with your sexual thoughts (focusing on certain body parts to distraction, staring, sharing private thoughts outside of a consensual flirty interaction/mutual sexual experience), you’re allowed to have them, even in front of the people you find attractive.

You might think, “But, but, but … I might get ‘pants feelings’ at the wrong time!”  See, here’s where your culture has done you a huge disservice.  Most people that are no longer teenagers and haven’t been shamed, slut-shamed, berated, mocked, or policed for their sexual feelings (get ready, this is going to blow your mind) … learn how to self-regulate those feelings.

“Blasphemy!”, you opine.  No, not blasphemy.  You can do it.  It just takes a little bit of practice.  Once you see an attractive person/have sexy time thoughts, allow the feeling to come in and then allow it to pass.  With practice, you’ll find it’s not that big a deal.  If you’re still having sexy time thoughts at the “wrong” time, here’s one thing you can do.  Ready?  When you know you’ll have some privacy, promise yourself a little “me” time at the beginning/middle/end of the day [whatever floats your boat, if you’re picking up what I’m putting down, and I think that you are   ; – )   ] or partner up with those who agree to partner up with you, and “have at” yourself/the other person(s).

Once you reach “the big finish” (I know … I make myself sick sometimes, too), try and think “sexy time” thoughts.  You’ll probably be annoyed/slightly disgusted that you’re trying to introduce sexual thoughts when you’re not feeling particularly sexual.

… Oh, so that’s how it works for the rest of us who haven’t been shamed, policed, and mocked for our sexual feelings!  You really can control how and when you express your sexuality!  You’re welcome.  That’ll be $100 for the current session.  You can pay the receptionist on the way out.

And for those of you fundies that don’t particularly have or want to have very strong sexual urges (or have them so infrequently as to be almost nonexistent), guess what?  There’s nothing wrong with you, either.