November 29, 2005
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HOT, WET, NASTY, SEX
Now that I have your attention.
I’ve been thinking about sex. “The average male thinks about sex 2,978,452 times an hour” you say, “so why the news alert?”
I haven’t been thinking about sex in that way. I’ve been thinking about it purely as a social phenomenon. Trust me, the thought process has been entirely a scholarly pursuit; no prurient interests here.
The reason this topic has come to mind is that I sold my Mini Cooper yesterday, and an individual here at my office asked if I’d ever had sex in it (this is a typical conversational topic in my office). I explained that at my age, that is a complete physical impossibility. Besides, I had just put new seat covers in it, and I wouldn’t want to mess those up.
I’m amazed by the impact that what is essentially, a pretty silly looking physical activity, has had on our history and continues to have on our entire culture today. After all, sex is a multi-billion dollar industry; all the way from porn, to trashy romance novels, to little blue pills that promise to give rock hard erections to 90 year old men who are too weak to do anything with them (not that anyone would want to have anything to do with a 90 year old erection with the possible exception of Anna Nicole Smith).
Wars have been started over sex. Presidents have been impeached over sex. The majority of advertising revenue goes to promote products designed to enhance our sex appeal. Women give sex in order to get intimacy. Men give intimacy in order to get sex. Thousands upon thousands of bad pick-up lines have been delivered in the miniscule hope of securing one night stands that people will consider suicide over the next morning when they discover what they actually went home with.
At this very moment there are two billion teenagers on this planet completely consumed with sexually induced angst. Marriages are entered into because of it. Marriages are destroyed because of it. Legislation has been introduced to try to control how people do it. And somewhere, right now, Dr. Ruth is creeping people out talking about it.
I’m not here to make any moralizations about sex. Although I will say that I think our society is becoming more and more obsessed with sex with each passing year. I’m pretty sure I was in the eighth grade before I was sure I had the mechanics all figured out. Not so many years ago I was a house parent in a home for pregnant teenagers; we had several 12 year olds live with us during that time. We are defiantly learning about sex at an earlier age. I know that for the religious right, sex is the ultimate sin (whether they admit believing that or not). They are willing to impeach a president over sex, but they gladly support a president who lied to us about going to war. To me that seems insane. Those of us on the left believe that sex is the business of the individual and that government should keep their nose out of it. While I agree with that, I am troubled that we live in a culture where 14 year old girls feel like they need to have boob jobs to be accepted.
Don’t get me wrong, I like sex as much as the next guy. I just find the national obsession with sex to be an interesting thing. During my years in the ministry we used to talk about sex as being God’s gift. All I can say is that gift sure has been a Pandora’s Box. I sometimes think the world would be a less complicated place if we simply flew around and pollinated one another.
Well, I’m off to finish some more scholarly research on the topic. If I can just get Mistress Helga to let me out of these pink, furry, handcuffs, and can get the sheep cleared out of my office, I’ll be good to go.
Comments (21)
We do seem to have made simple biology into a weird mix of of good and evil ,pleasure and pain…..leave it to humans to keep life complicated….
No more Mini?!?! I’m so sad.
“fly around and polinate each other”… I hate to tell ya, but if youve listened in on teenagers lately…thats kinda what they are doing….flitting from person to person leaving their “deposits” and moving on….so sad.
I’m sorry, did you say something? I was… um… daydreaming.
All right, ALL RIGHT, I’ll take the handcuffs off. But you’re still paying.
Well, with technology, one can just about feed into any obsession and justify its’ exploitation. The more one feeds anything, the fatter it grows. It’s all a matter of approach: one can nourish the higher mind or bloat the reptilian brain. Sexuality, like fine wine, turns sour if indulged in without regard. These days, exploitation is profitable and it is easy, no matter who or what it harms in the end. Maybe that’s the bottom line.
Peace~
i wanna know how you typed with the handcuffs on and how can one acquire this skill
Practice, I’d wager.
Sex in the mini. Ew!
If God hadn’t made it pleasurable, we wouldn’t want to do it would we? The unfortunate thing is that our society has turned something wonderful and natural into a lurid obsession, and uses it to sell everything from cars to perfume.
and its all the Puritans fault we have so many hang ups about sex – damn Puritans!
Having sex in your car is like baptizing it into the family
I haven’t even thought about having sex in a car since I bought furniture! Dr. Ruth was bad enough, but the woman on the Oxygen channel, Sue Johannson just creeps me out. It’s like your Sunday School teacher telling you about twisted sex acts. *shiver*
RYC- My dad is awesome. The new photo is actually my drivers license from about 20 years ago…..
Not only are 12 year olds getting pregnant, oral sex is the new ” 1st base” making out kissing does not even make the base list, it’s like playing catch it does not count.. I am 99% sure my kids don’t feel that way, but I know many of their friends do.
While it’s true that our children are having sex at earlier ages than ever, I’m not so sure they’re actually “learning” anything about sex. Anything accurate, that is.
Excellent post.
I am so jealous you had a mini cooper.
WOW….I think I need a cold shower after reading that one! lol OK….one thing I did not see is this new fad among the teenagers…you know…it’s called “friends with benefits.” Let me tell you….a mother of a teenage daughter, I would like to KILL these morons!!
I’m sure Little Bo Peep will come looking for her lost sheep….and her pink handcuffs.
So by trading in the Cooper did you opt for the Beamer? No sex appeal there. I agree that there is way too much sexsationalism now. You can’t even let your kids read ESPN magazines for the ads and pictures.
I agree with you, way too much time spent on the subject…I on the other hand do not spend one second on the subject (the consequences of a hysterectomy with both ovaries removed), but you know what, I wouldn’t want my other life back, I am very happy not obsessing about sex, my husband on the other hand…poor guy, maybe Anna Nichole would be interested in a slightly chubby Homer Simpson Look a like?….nah, he’s not old enough or rich enough…
Well….I’ve been waiting for a WalMart story and then wouldn’t you know…I had the chance to write my own story today…check out todays blog.
The teenage term for casual sex at my son’s school is “fuck buddy”. Thankfully, a friend who has a daughter at the school informed me of that – I did not learn it from my son!
Did you ever find any links about the “peanut butter” kissing death and the religious right?
Kathi
Oops! I mistakenly left my comment under your entry from the 29th!
Kathi