Foreword

      The only "dot.com" industry that has truly flourished despite all the setbacks that have afflicted this mass marketing medium is SEX. Personally, I don't see what all the fuss is about. I'm not that interested in sex...yeah, right.

      OK, everyone is extremely interested in sex. It is the number one most potent of all human instincts. We need it every day. We want it all the time, except maybe for a few minutes right after you have gotten yourself some. Maybe even then, depending on whom you are with.

      Culturally, there are a lot of taboos in regards to sex. First of all, you can only do it with one partner and only after an elaborate ceremony. Second, you should not get overly creative with how you do it. Third, you should not express your sexuality with too much fan fare. Fourth, you can't buy or sell sex and, Fifth, you must not have sex with certain categories of people.

      So, a very strong instinct and a lot of taboos...it sounds like fun.

      This book is all about sex. It is irreverent, entertaining, and educational. It covers all the places in our lives where sex exists...which is all the places in our lives.

      I will uncover all the ways we tend to act silly in and around the entire issue of sex.

      As an analogy, suppose you were to place a cookie on a table in front of an eight year old boy and then tell this kid that he could not eat the cookie right away. You tell him that he has to spend some time looking at it. Then, he must write an essay and say why he wants it. Then, he must only eat one bite at a time and only with his mother's supervision. Then, he can only eat it after he finishes his dinner. Also, he can only consume the cookie on alternate Tuesdays.

      Now, when that little hand slowly reaches for the cookie behind your back you turn quickly and swat it with a whip. Ouch!

      Then, you go around the corner and sneak a bite of cookie for yourself.

      People do this kind of behavior and much, much worse in regards to sex. They say one thing and do something completely different. The funny thing is that they frequently enjoy having sex in the context of getting away with something. They loudly proclaim, "No one should be doing this," and then they do it.

      I love laughing at hypocrisy. I hope that isn't hypocritical of me.

      Why is our sexual instinct so strong and why do we treat it this way? Where did this instinct come from anyway?

      Our sex instinct was modified when we were hunters and gatherers living in small tribes. We began having sex year 'round which strengthened our newfound increased sociability but our sex instinct grew a bit out of control. In the modern world we probably don't need such a strong sex instinct. As a result we do a lot of non-procreative sex.  

      We could run and hide, as many do, or we could wake up and smell the...ahm...well, I won't go there with that. The thing is that we live in a marvelous age when the word "safe" has come to be associated with the word "sex." For the first time in the history of man we can talk about having "safe sex."

      This means that all the old taboos should be thrown out.

      Of course, you can still learn that the best sex occurs in a deep and profound monogamous relationship. Well, for most people anyway. The point is that all the old and arcane rules and restrictions should no longer apply. There needs to be a new age of sex. There was a revolution but now there needs to be a constitution. We need to have some new rules of engagement, no pun intended.

      In any case, we can still laugh at our predicament and at all the hilarious ways that human beings behave in respect to sex. It is a rich and delightful source of humor and if you get Levystien going on about it, he simply won't shut up.

      Also, I hope that while you are laughing you absorb a rational tidbit or two about human sexuality.

 

Sex in The Media

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