Let's Talk About Sex

This probably isn't the best subject for me to do, considering that I'm still a virgin, but considering the media's obsession with it, and considering my obsession with various types of media, I suddenly feel a strange urge to record my thoughts on the "forbidden labamba", or whatever else you want to call it (my favorite's the "horizontal polka"...really, that's just ridiculous to imagine :P) Pardon my use of smileys if it bugs you, but I really like them, and they're conversation savers when I'm trying to talk to someone online and my sarcasm kicks in, and before you know it, they think I'm serious, and I know I was kidding, so ta-da! A little smiley with the tongue sticking out suddenly saves me from having to explain the joke.

But I digress. I'm supposed to be talking about my feelings on sex. Don't misunderstand, I find sex a very important part of the living experience and plan on having it on a regular basis when I'm ready for it. But when did the most primal of all instincts, besides eating, become so taboo? When are there suddenly rules and regulations and you have to do this, and this position's considered "the freak" position, and kinky is only in the eye of the beholder, because what if all a person had were "kinky" partners, and then they hooked up with someone who just wanted a simply missionary position, and then the first person considers THAT as "kinky". And what about all the safety that has to be taken now? When did "casual sex" become so popular? Has it hit anyone yet that if no one has had casual sex, then the whole "using protection" thing wouldn't be as bad?

And you can make a living off of selling sex. Porn, prostitutes (notice how they both start in p...then again, so does pedofile) are apparentally real money makers if you're doing it right. But it's basically the only basic human survival trait that you can really make a living off of. I've never really seen a professional eater. Or a pro sleeper. Or a trained and licensed pooer...ew. Anyway, my point is is that we as a culture are over glamorizing sex, and we as Americans all think we know what we're doing when it comes to the romps in the bedroom, and if we're virgins, we should damn well know it anyway, because there's that chance you end up hooking up with someone that's NOT a virgin and you are, and suddenly you keep thinking that you don't want to screw up, so you watch movies and read Cosmo and freak out when one of your friends loses their virginity before you.

So I think media needs to lay off for a little while. There's plenty of ways to entertain the masses without putting sex into the equation. After all, Lassie never had to lay ANYONE.