Born to Do

Today I'm going to talk about something very close to my heart. Something very close to all of our hearts, really. Today I'm going to talk about sex. Whether you like it or not, we're all here because of it. Your mom, your dad, they enjoyed a night of carnal bliss, and now you're here. Me, I have a very casual outlook on sex. It's a natural instinct in all men and women to mate, it also feels very good, and if done responsibly, can be done with no unwanted outcomes. So I wonder, in the year 2010, why we're still so hung up about it...

It's not that hard of a question, really. The reason why America is so worried about sex is our founders, the Puritans. A bunch of happy go lucky bunch that felt dancing was too loose and garish a practice. These were the first off the boat of settlers for America, and for it's entire history their influence has plagued us.

It's not a secret that American media displays a harsher outlook of sex over violence. Movies with a single sex scene, or too much lewd reference to sex at all run the risk of getting an R rating, while Sam Killall mows through an entire legion of men with automatic weaponry, and gets a PG-13 as long as he doesn't drop an F-Bomb. In our culture, pretend violence is more widely accepted than pretend eroticism. Doesn't that seem a bit off?

Sex is a natural instinct, the natural instinct. It's the propagation of our species, without it we do not exist, and yet people still get in an uproar when a pop icon shows her breasts on camera. We have had several sexual revolutions in our history whether for a woman's right to sexuality, or just in the name of free love, and yet the puritanical influence of a people who came to this land over four hundred years ago still hold sway over us.

We need to get over it. We need more than just the sexually adventurous to have a healthy attitude about sex. Our bodies are beautiful, and enjoying our bodies is one of the most beautiful acts that can be preformed. Exploration of another, the ultimate act of sharing, the drive and need to be with someone else. It is the strongest display of affection, it is the strongest display of what being human is.

And it's also really fun.