Philosophy Of Sex

[JAMESBJOHNSON]

What's your's?

Everyone has a distinct sense of what philosophy is, but for our purpose WHATS THE NATURE OF SEX? and how do you apply it to your stories?

 

[A_Little_Show]

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[StrangeLife]

Saw this one in another thread...

"Sex is something I'm having when my wife is making love."

Not a bad philosophy in a slightly male centric way

 

[RichardBacula]

What's your's?

Everyone has a distinct sense of what philosophy is, but for our purpose WHATS THE NATURE OF SEX? and how do you apply it to your stories?

There is no one purpose for sex. It's an act that is physical, mental, and spiritual, and that accomplishes a large number of tasks.
It bonds people to each other, provides relief from stress, provides comfort for those in need, provides exercise, stirs our imaginations and emotions, and can even create new life.
I believe that sexuality is one of the most powerful forces on Earth.

 

[SecondCircle]

Hmm. My philosophy on the nature of sex? I guess it would be that sex is nature. I think the most powerful thing that drives any living thing on the face of the earth is TO BE. To exist, to survive, and carry on the survival of their kind. We are a part of this, so naturally, we have the drive to procreate. And thus, our naughty bits get all wet and hard and stuff.

Since human beings are intelligent sentient beings, many things sprung forth from this. Lust, love, passion, relationships, spirituality, monogamy (or at least the attempt).

As intellectuals, I think the simple "friction" evolved for us. It became passion and sensuality because we love the way it makes us feel, and means so much more to us because we are driven by our emotions.

Sexuality is what we make it, I guess. It could be as simple as seeking "friction after friction" or delving into the pool of writhing emotions that pull us apart and grind us together. The latter is certainly more entertaining and pleasing.

 

[JAMESBJOHNSON]

It feels good.

The rest of it are secondary gains that hitch rides with the good feelings..

 

[patientlee]

Christ almighty. I take a day off for a dr appt, and you give an essay test? I'll think on this one and get back to you, I guess. I've got some waiting room time coming up.

 

[JAMESBJOHNSON]

Christ almighty. I take a day off for a dr appt, and you give an essay test? I'll think on this one and get back to you, I guess. I've got some waiting room time coming up.

I cut you some slack, my tests are usually physical endurance tests. Like, IS THERE SUCH A THING AS TOO MUCH SEX?

 

[patientlee]

I cut you some slack, my tests are usually physical endurance tests. Like, IS THERE SUCH A THING AS TOO MUCH SEX?

Experience says yes. All things in moderation.

 

[slyc_willie]

Sex is just mechanical. The real passion lies in the motives for doing it.

 

[Bramblethorn]

What's your's?

Everyone has a distinct sense of what philosophy is, but for our purpose WHATS THE NATURE OF SEX? and how do you apply it to your stories?

Sex is dialogue made flesh.

 

[sr71plt]

Sex is proof that God has a sense of humor.

 

[HeyAll]

I see it as a natural human need. That's how I apply it to my stories, by creating ordinary everyday people with dirty thoughts.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3MxSnHnZcz0

^^

This song by Depeche Mode does a pretty good job of explaining the natural need for sex.

 

[SecondCircle]

Sex is proof that God has a sense of humor.

Nice.

 

[sunandshadow]

I'm interested in the force of instinct that pulls lone individuals to become teams. Inter-personal magnetism, I guess you could call it? To me it seems like one of the most powerful forces in the human universe, the way gravity is in the spatial universe. There's a reason they're both called attraction. So sex is a part of that. Especially if you consider the purpose of becoming a team to be reproduction or building a dynasty into the future in both the reproductive sense and the sense of accumulating wealth, social power etc. through acting as an excellent team.

Also, I think that individual go through metamorphoses, which are often triggered by sex-related situations. This can be something like a child who grew up with internalized homophobia finally overcoming that to accept themselves as a homosexual, and start to stand up to others who don't want to be accepting. Or it can be someone becoming pregnant and struggling to embrace the way that changes their abilities, responsibilities, and identity. Or it can be someone who thought they were unlovable and unattractive coming to have more self-confidence after discovering that someone else really does love them and feel attracted to them. Or it can be someone who was never comfortable in the body they were born into finally getting a different body that fit their self-image and liking their image in the mirror for the first time ever, then following up on that by wearing their new body into social and sexual situations, establishing a new and better life for themselves.

So yeah, that's how sex work thematically in my writing, and also in what I like to read. Sex is a really strong force motivating characters to want change, and to be willing to struggle through the conflict necessary to get to their sex-related goal. Sex can also work as a direct almost-magical cause of change, whether by the realistic method of impregnation or a fantasy method of metamorphosis.

 

[sr71plt]

I sort of just like to have a good fuck.

 

[sunandshadow]

Sex is dialogue made flesh.

That's poetic