Are people still afraid of sex in this modern age?
April 16th 2008 08:41
People's obsession with stories about sexual scandal is an obsession which apparently comes from people's fear and hatred of sex.
I read this on the internet recently and it made me wonder.
Humans naturally find sex pleasurable. Sex is fun, pleasurable, and stress-relieving.
So why should these negative feelings come to the surface?
“We fear violence less than our own feelings. Personal, private, solitary pain is more terrifying than what anyone else can inflict.” This is one quote I found and another says
"Fear of addiction may help explain why people still fear sexuality. This fear perhaps makes the most sense. People can become addicted by indulging too much in any pleasurable activity, especially intense activities conducive to overindulgence such as sex, gambling, unhealthy eating, playing video games and so on and so forth"
I was really quite shocked to read this, I am not going to have sex until I am married but that is a moral and personal preference, I love the idea of having sex and I can tell that
Andrew feels the same way. Just because we restrict our sexual activity does not mean we don't have any.
So having read these very negative comments which quite shocked me I was left wondering what you think about these things. I could perhaps accept that a very few would have problems nowadays but with so much open discussion I would have thought that most people would accept sex quite openly and happily although I have always wondered about sex in the movies and in celebrity behaviours and people do seem to be overly obsessed with that.
We don't like our politicians to be perverts in any way and soon get rid of them if we think they are and often they make public admissions which I find a bit odd.
We all know that sex sells but these negative connotations leave me wondering.
What do you think?
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Comment by tlcorbin
And it suggests that you sanction that attitude.
Raven
Comment by Damo
He attributed much of the fear to a VD epidemic that infected more than one third of Europe. Much of the fear about sex may be due to unforeseen consequences. Pregnancy was least of the worries in comparison to the final stages of Syphilis.
Comment by Krystal
feelings
All humour has the potential to hurt someone, it does not do to take it all seriously, that is why discrimination laws allow licence for comics etc.
I would not like to be like her, nor would I like a man to be like him.
The image is just a prelude to the discussion which bears no resemblance to the image.
Big women, little guys have been the butt of jokes for years, I guess some would have the right to be hurt but most humour is dismissed as just that, not really consequential to the life process.
This was about fear of sex and that goes across all stereotypes ( even the normal ).
I do hope you are feeling better about this now.
Comment by Krystal
feelings
Yes Syphilis is a very serious disease indeed and I can see trouble ahead in various ways.
Whilst D.H. Lawrence might have been spot on, his idea of life seemed to be one of indulgence and licence, which carries its own share of difficulties.
I do hope I get some other opinions as the idea seems rather novel to me given so much licence in the community at large.
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