Back to Freud? Sounds like it. Not that I think he was that far off base. I think fear and sex are the two greatest motivators of the human species, a reality to which I can personally attest
On Apr 7, 8:28 am, frantheman <[email protected]> wrote: > In my view, the barrage of rules, tabus and anthemas surrounding > sexuality have most to do with reproductive (and consequently, > inheritance) issues - decade long responsibility for raising a child, > guarantees for the provision of child-rearers, guarantees for > paternity, societal imperatives regarding the inheritance of wealth > and power, etc. There are also possible aspects buried deep in our > personalities (if we accord any validity to the theories of Freud), at > any rate, issues which are very deep in the social vector of our > identity. All of which lead to a placing of all kinds of precepts > concerning sexuality and its expression in the moral area. > > One of the greatest revolutions of the 20th. Century was the growth in > personal control of human productivity. That women can now control > their own fertility is a factor which is having a huge effect in all > sorts of areas in our societies - a paradigm shift, many of the > consequences of which are still not clear. The pill (and other > reliable contraceptive methods) have rendered many of the old > strictures surrounding sexuality meaningless. > > In general, I would hold the view that what consenting adults do with > each other is - a result of the above - something which no longer > needs any sort of societal sanctions (or approval). This does not > quite free the area of sexuality from moral questions, however. If I > have (for whatever reason) promised sexual fidelity to someone else > and then sleep with another person, then this may well be regarded as > immoral. The difference, of course, is that that which is immoral is > not so much the act of sex with another as the breaking of a promise. > Consequences, particularly if dependent children in a familial unit > are effected, can be extreme. > > Still, the sexual urge and its expression is something very powerful > for us humans. We are on a journey of exploration into the unknown. > > Francis --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups ""Minds Eye"" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/Minds-Eye?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
