sex

How come sex dominates everything we as humans do? Perhaps it is because of instincts of our long past prehistoric ancestors that needed motivation to further the species; it could be due to the fact that sex appeals to the inhibitions people normally hold back.

If it is because of instincts, those feelings towards sex are embedded in us. We are unable to alter them. Look at some animals, they use sex as only a means of reproduction and not a combination of pleasure and reproduction. When animals mate, it is seen as natural order but not so much in humans. Is it the dynamic of pleasure that changes it for humans? We need to reproduce to spread just as much as other animals, yet society tries to undermine the significance sex has in our lives. It tries to say certain rituals or habits, like masturbation and fetishes, are taboo and socially unacceptable for people to indulge in. Is this our general way of trying to make sex merely a means of reproduction? Perhaps but what if the negative attitudes of sex is why we are entranced by it?

Even though sex is quite prevalent in the media, most Americans are outraged by the exposure. Maybe this backlash has had some effect on the appeal sex has. Humans are generally drawn to items they can't have, and if sex is extremely controversial and that controversy is seen, then doesn't the negative attitudes toward sex make it more desirable? If this is so, then would the silencing of anti-sex protesters make sex less wanted? Doubtful, because then humans would have an unbridled public image of sex and the pleasure that accompanies it.

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