In this post, I will be responding to Siearra's post, which was a response to Corbin's post, entitled "Rejecting Sex Drive."
Siearra's post : http://siearrasviewsnhn.blogspot.com/2013/04/response-to-rejecting-sex-drive-corbin.html?showComment=1365996834227#c188775564546556819
Corbin's post : http://corbinbrassard.blogspot.com/2013/04/rejecting-sex-drive.html?showComment=1365997031941#c8836843041833459178
Siearra, I agree with everything you said in your post. I agree that sex is a powerful influence on our daily actions, but is not as powerful as Freud suggested. I also agree with you that society puts a negative connotation on sex because it is portrayed as vulgar, and that it might change to a more positive connotation if it were portrayed as more natural. However, this also makes me think about the whole double-standard that women face when it comes to promiscuity. We all know that men are commonly praised for having multiple sexual partners, whereas women are commonly viewed in a much more negative way when they have multiple sexual partners. This makes me wonder, could this double-standard stem from the fact that men, due to evolutionary factors, are more likely to have multiple sexual partners in order to increase procreation, and the passing-on of their genes? Is this perhaps why men are praised for having many sexual partners? In addition, from an evolutionary perspective, men discourage women from having multiple sexual partners in order to help ensure their paternity, and that it will be their genes that are passed on, not someone else's. Could this be why women are viewed negatively for having multiple sexual partners? Or, does this double-standard just exist because society is flawed? Personally, I think this is very interesting to think about. I am very interested in other people's opinions on this topic.
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