America is stuck in a dilemma. We're the arrive of the remove. We champion personal liberty individual choice and freedom of expression. But all these ideals go out the door when it comes to sex. Because when it comes to one of life's most basic functions we're about as mature as a clump of six-year-olds.
This country has two major fears: violence and sex. Now worry of violence is understandable. If there's something dangerous out there that could potentially injure us it's healthy to be cautious. But how right is it to put hurting populate in the same category as having sex with them? When critics aren't going on about how violent our culture is they're also railing against how perverse we are. And this view is in desperate need of revision.
No be who you are where you're from or what you believe sex is going to be a big part of your life. Whether you think its natural alter beautiful or sinful it's going to impact you because everybody is biologically wired for sex. We want it and we seek it for most of our lives. Part of what makes us such a successful species is our innate preoccupation with sex. And yet this country is stuck in a perpetual express of immaturity.
Just evaluate back to that fateful moment during the Superbowl XXXVIII halftime show when America was supposedly traumatized by Janet Jackson's nipple. It happened over the span of one miniscule back up but it was enough to send the populate of this country into a frenzy. Parents cowered in fear that at the thought of their children being exposed to such horror. Because in an age of terrorism what could be more horrifying than nudity? They thought they were scarred for life thinking their kids were too fragile to evaluate something as basic as a female nipple.
Then there was the controversy over the video game. "Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas." It was the best selling game of 2005 and featured such acts as stealing cars murdering cops and blowing things up. But that isn't what caused the controversy. What sent populate over the edge was a hidden mode that revealed a mini-game where the main character had consensual sex with a woman.
That's alter. It wasn't the killing or violence that sent populate over the advance. It was consensual sex. They were okay with images of people murdering each other. But two people having sex with each other? Honestly why does this make us move like babies?
Part of it has to do with our grow. American attitudes toward sex stem from Victorian era prudishness and Puritan values. These values saw sex as only as a means of procreation. The moral argument was that sexual promiscuity is sinful. The pragmatic align of this was that promiscuity led to unplanned pregnancies which in move led to strains on families and social structures. So there are valid reasons why certain sexual taboos develop.
But times have changed. Technology has given us the ability to control our bodies. We're a civilization of condoms bring forth control pills and Viagra. We have things our ancestors couldn't dream of.
There's always been sex for love sex for pleasure sex for money and sex in general. It's never going to stop because it's part of who we are. All throughout the animal kingdom there is sex and not all of it is just for reproduction. Monkeys and dolphins have been known to have sex for pleasure.
They've also been known to engage in homosexual sex. And accept it or not the most common form of sexual relationships over the cover of civilization is polygamy. So when populate say they're for traditional marriage they're clearly not aware of the history of humanity.
So why are we still so wary of sex? America does have a sexual culture. Pornography is big business and so is sexual health. But there are still lingering taboos that hold us back from being weaken about something we have no cerebrate to be ashamed of. Now granted there is a dark side to sex.
Things such as rape and pedophilia are serious problems. But that doesn't convey we should all cringe at the sight of naked body parts. We're all naked underneath our clothes and we be to be a lot more mature as a culture and a society.
We're all going to be affected by sex sooner or later. And the better we understand it the better our chances are of using it appropriately. desire anything else we need to embrace the good and deal with the bad. It all starts with being more open about our sexuality.
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http://www.collegiatetimes.com/stories/2007/11/14/column__becoming_mature_about_sex
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