Jaicee said:
I don't really feel like I need a sexual relationship to be happy either. What I would want most of all, in this connection, is a romantic friendship. You know, just to have someone to hold hands with, cuddle with, kiss, bring flowers, that sort of thing. I don't feel like I need more than that. Well I don't "need" even that, but there's a desire for it that may be inflated artificially by the culture we live in that stresses the importance of sex and romance so much. I mean every day I go to work they have the store radio playing in the background and every single song is about either sexual appeal or an intimate relationship (successful or otherwise). All day. Every day. Almost every women's magazine cover I pass is about how to look beautiful or please one's presumed-male partner in bed. I could go on but you get the idea. The importance of these things is overstressed by our culture and I think it engineers a level of lonely feeling that one might not have otherwise. |
Well, it's not just a matter of culture; biologically, sex is second only to survival as the most powerful instinct. We are programmed through billions of years of evolution to engage in sex. Naturally it depends on the person too; some people have a more potent sex drive than others. Personally, if I were to learn I would never have sex again in my life, I would be very tempted to off myself. I can't imagine a life without sex being worth living. It really is the most amazing, wonderful thing I have ever experienced, and I crave it intensely every second of every day.
Last edited by curl-6 - on 02 June 2018
