Sexual choices, or simply... dysfunction

Cythraul said:
Japanese culture is strange. Since they're so permissive regarding sexuality it seems kind of weird that they still have to censor the genitalia in their porn videos. I uhhhh...heard that from a friend.

:lol: Sure...
 
Norsemaiden said:
Those of us that find sex with animals to be abhorrent may well have a biological instinct against it that has been bred into us through natural selection. We may not be able to justify our feelings on the basis of logic (because we feel it is wrong regardless of the disease consideration) but it has become a part of our genotype to be strongly repulsed by the idea of such behaviour.

It's in my genetics to find people obsessed with sex to be missing out on life itself.

You can't buy happiness, and you can't f*** it either.
 
Anti-Racism said:
It's in my genetics to find people obsessed with sex to be missing out on life itself.

You can't buy happiness, and you can't f*** it either.
Norsemaiden, I would be happy to assist you in disproving the above...:saint:
 
fah-q said:
Norsemaiden, I would be happy to assist you in disproving the above...:saint:
Not too many things in the Philosopher section require a Bazing, but that certainly is one of them.
 
Anti-Racism said:
It's in my genetics to find people obsessed with sex to be missing out on life itself.

You can't buy happiness, and you can't f*** it either.

The thing is that where people draw the line with sexual behaviours is so important to understanding many related issues. History is better understood when you consider aspects like how the Roman Empire became increasingly loose in its sense of sexual morality and that this cooincided with the end of the Empire. Rome was sacked by Germanic barbarians, who had very different sexual morality and stood in sharp contrast to the degenerate Romans. (Admitedly Roman habits were changing rapidly due to the rise of Christianity. The Christians were reproducing the most). The strength of the barbarians was in a large part due to their strong family values.

Then you can look at how the Islamic religion, especially the fundamentalists like the Taliban, is very sexually repressive (regardless of the gay activity that reputedly goes on in secret in places like Saudi Arabia) particularly towards women. As the west loses its taboos, Islam would benefit and move towards domination of the decadent west.

Cultural differences include different attitudes towards sex. The behaviour of Eskimos is different from that of Africans (not all tribes are the same) and this is different from Thais and the sexual morality of the French differs from the Americans or the English, etc etc. And there are class differences also, with lower classes in Britain having different behaviour to the upper classes.
This is an important side of anthropology.

One should not be called "sex obsessed" for being interested in this subject. It would be impossible to understand the world without this kind of awareness.
 
Norsemaiden said:
The strength of the barbarians was in a large part due to their strong family values.

Strong sexual morality at its best aims toward transcendence. Instead of satisfying the body, one satisfies the soul. This is why the best throughout all of history have been the tribes that bred carefully, and took themselves seriously, including in their choice of bedpartners.

No tribe that specializes in sex with horses is going far. Unless someone wants to point out a contrary historical example?

:zombie:
 
It certainly doesn't look like it except for the fact that he mentioned something about a soul.
 
infoterror said:
Strong sexual morality at its best aims toward transcendence. Instead of satisfying the body, one satisfies the soul. This is why the best throughout all of history have been the tribes that bred carefully, and took themselves seriously, including in their choice of bedpartners.

No tribe that specializes in sex with horses is going far. Unless someone wants to point out a contrary historical example?

:zombie:

That is right, in a very idealistic way, only achievable by a minority.
However a great many people either will not or cannot satisfy their souls - or can't wait long enough to find the right person, who may be an elusive fantasy anyway. Some cultures have never had any such concept of such deep love being important in sexual relationships.

Also, it is natural for reproductive urges (for which read sexual urges) to require satisfaction on a regular basis. In particular, males need regular release don't they, even if that is not with a partner and might be involuntary, while asleep? Suppressing oneself too much could end up with losing the sex drive althogether. (Which wouldn't matter unless it needed reviving at some point). "Use it or lose it". For women, orgasm is an extremely healthy thing refreshing the body, getting rid of stress and the free radicals that cause disease and so on. There is no need to have a partner (and certainly not an animal!) for this of course. But this kind of sex that is purely to satisfy the body is a good thing. And it just keeps the libido from dying. (Promiscuity is unhealthy physically, because of disease risk, and mentally because it is usually neurotic behaviour).

Note: It is fine to have a soul satisfying relationship and be celebate. I am not saying that sex is essential to achieve this.
 
Cythraul said:
It certainly doesn't look like it except for the fact that he mentioned something about a soul.

I meant his habit of bumping 10 threads with ones liners, most equating the English with gays. :Spin:
 
Norsemaiden said:
In England southern men are a lot more likely to be limp wristed and effeminate than northerners.

huh, so if I want to pick up chicks in England, I'll have far less competition in the South? How about the genetics down there? Nice comely blonde and red headed lasses are they? Better complexions?
 
sex is supposed to be fun
if it isn't fun, then the other person is raping you
outside of an actual rape, (i mean flat-out-physical rape, not that statutory rape bullshit) anything sexual should be permissible because there's alot of women out there that simply can't ever reach orgasm while there is a penis inside their vagina, it's just physically impossible for a lot of women, should those women be denied the privilige of orgasm just because of religious fanatics and biologists are telling us that sexual activity should only consist of "the act that produces children"? that's totally assanine, isn't it?
 
If sex wasn't supposed to be fun, then what exactly would the point of the state of being called Orgasm be? There would be no point.

Of course, I speak as a virgin, so anything I say in this thread dealing with any kind of scenario or anything is easily questionable.
 
It doesn't qualify as "philosophy" by itself, but Id sure like to discuss this mystical female "orgasm", as it is one of the core foundations of contemporary "feminism" (which betrays the original movement). If tied in with this aspect, then maybe it warrants a thread...