The Relative Importance of S*E*X
telebob x
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Tue, 29 Apr 2003 00:59:51 -0500
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<P>I dunno...I had a friend of mine say that he thought that the perfect American woman was one that would turn into a six-pack of beer and a Lucky Strike immediately after sex. Ha ha.</P>
<P>I am convinced that Americans make sex seem so important because by repressing it a bit (that Puritan heritage thing) you emotionally charge it, and make it an important tool of commerce and work. Repress the sex to make the sex in the advertising work better. Also it is a way of controlling behaviour. Sex and marketing...the American way.</P>
<P>Since marriage is about property rather than love in many cultures...of course it a big deal. Here it can be a big deal or not, since we tend to ignore the legal stuff until it is too late.</P>
<P>Now we could talk about the concepts of love and money....and how they relate...that's a fascinating topic for me. Marx said capital or money is 'alienated labor'... but what if money is really just stored 'love'? </P>
<P>Is love money...is money love? Does one whisper 'money' to the other turtle dove?</P>
<P>tBob<BR><BR></P></DIV>
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<DIV></DIV>Subject: The Relative Importance of S*E*X
<DIV></DIV>Date: Tue, 29 Apr 2003 05:22:27 +0700
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<DIV></DIV>I think a lot of it has to do with the exaggerated importance Westerners,
<DIV></DIV>and Americans in particular, impart to the Act. For much of the world (read:
<DIV></DIV>third world) it's a rather matter of fact aspect of behavior. (Now marriage!
<DIV></DIV>That's a serious event!)
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<DIV></DIV>I must plead guilty in this matter too, as I got brainwashed like everybody
<DIV></DIV>else by this attitude. For much of the world, really, it's no big deal.
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<DIV></DIV>It occurs to me that it may be analogous to the way an average American and
<DIV></DIV>an average Frenchman regard eating. For the former, it's fuel to load up
<DIV></DIV>on -- for the latter, it is a most serious matter, of central concern,
<DIV></DIV>indeed.
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<DIV></DIV>Ha.
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<DIV></DIV>To: "Byron Black" <BLACKY@CBN.NET.ID>
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<DIV></DIV>Subject: Re: Sexual Insights, FYI
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<DIV></DIV>> I dated an arab back then, in '67 or so, when they had the war with
<DIV></DIV>> Israel(?). He was a very sweet guy, smiling a lot not from guile but
<DIV></DIV>> innocence. We split soon after he said I was too much for him in the
<DIV></DIV>sack.
<DIV></DIV>> Guess that's another way of putting what you wrote.
<DIV></DIV>> Because of the war, we went to some of his arab friends' apartment to
<DIV></DIV>watch it
<DIV></DIV>> on tv. I noticed that most of their girlfriends were heavy into make-up,
<DIV></DIV>> jewelry, in my humble opinion overdressed. Not too much into the politic
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<DIV></DIV>> noticing that style!
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<DIV></DIV>> Byron Black wrote:
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