The Relative Importance of S*E*X

[Dian Donnell]

Interesting subject, what?
On a recent trip to the Amazon, to Peru's Iquitos, a town of 300,000 tho it
feels like a village, where a few main rivers converge, there were several
anglo men who had moved there in part because the "women there drive him crazy"
as our white boat trip guide said of one, and a local white cafe owner married
to a local would agree.  On the same river jaunt, visiting a jungle tribe
decked out to perform, one of our group of 4 took a breather from the indoors
performance to wait outside, where she noticed a couple coupling in an open air
house nearby.  Guess they were taking advantage of the distraction of our
visit.  Anyhow, I got the feeling, from the art and just observing, that sex
was just okay.  And in Lima is a whole museum of pre-Columbian erotic pots.  In
fact, they're quite common.
Having studied Freud in college, in fact using his perhaps twisted take to
interpret "The Rime of the Ancient Mariner" for my senior project (and getting
it duly rejected and having to rewrite it in a more traditional if toothless
way) I probably had some help shedding some cultural brainwashing but have
since, especially post menopause, learned there's lots more in the big picture.

d


Byron Black wrote:

> > I'm wondering if it may also have to do with the circumsision of women
> which
> > occurs in muslim societies, which must dampen the libido, insurance for
> loyal
> > wives and indifferent Act partners.
>
> Based on my experience of living years in various societies, both
> third-world (like Indonesia) and weird-world (Japan) I would also nail diet
> as a key suspect. People who work hard with their bodies and don't eat a lot
> of red meat, starch, sugar etc. most probably have a milder libido. They
> certainly look tighter and not so bloated. White rice has, however, done
> much to create a race of fatties in Asia, the same way hamburgers and fries
> has done back home.
>
> The Indonesians seem exceptionally indifferent to sex, particularly the
> Javanese. They can take it or leave it. The Filipinos and Thais (also Malay
> stock, mixed up with Chinese and other strains) are very absorbed by the
> subject, joke a lot, talk it to death and apparently screw a whole lot too.
> Arabs are also known to be sex maniacs though that may just be Western
> propaganda (Richard Burton onwards).
>
> While the Japanese are absorbed in the subject, it is totally
> intellectualized sex, expressed through visuals (cartoons, films), talk and
> the social dance. I found that when it comes down to screwing the men were
> incredibly slack, whereas it was not uncommon for female students to be
> plenty aggressive.
>
> In China, of course, the subject does not exist. There was an article
> recently in the local press about 20-odd Chinese couples who were childless;
> when visiting counsellors it was discovered that no one had ever informed
> them of birds, bees and wiggly spermatozoa. They were also too embarrassed /
> ashamed to try things out on their own, even after getting married (I am not
> making this up, as Dave Barry always says).
>
> Yes there are a billion people in China, but they must reproduce through
> parthenogenesis or embogenation or with some other exotic technique.
>
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