Posted by Squiggles on September 7, 2007, at 9:31:57
In reply to And thinking a bit further, posted by ClearSkies on September 7, 2007, at 8:05:00
I'm with Aristotle on this: sex belongs to the
"appetitive soul" -- that is, it is an appetite shared with all animals. I suppose everyone has a right to that, but some cultures have really glorified it. I think its importance and value depends on what hormonal stage of life you are at.
It becomes an absolute passion impermeable to reason around adolescence for example. It is also a pathological drive in people with mania (erotomania) and (no offense) in pedophilia and other disorders of volition, sexual drive, and drug withdrawal.
Squiggles
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