We humans are obsessed with sex. Whereas other animals copulate only when they come into heat, which happens once or twice in a year for most mammals, we humans screw all year round. We enjoy sex; we view it as a recreation as much as the means for procreation. We seek sex when we are not having any. We seek more sex when we are having some. The proverbial wisdom has it that a man thinks about sex every three seconds. A woman thinks about sex not much less, if we believe Sex and the City.
Sex sells. Most magazines in any newsstand have on their covers some beautiful women in revealing clothes and suggestive postures. Nudity and strong sexual contents boost box office for movies and promote ratings for cable TV programs. Viagra has annual sales in the billions and has prompted a number of me-too drugs from competitors. Experts tell us: sex is important for relationships, marriages, and health.
Just how important is sex to us? We may glean some idea from how much we value our sexual organs.
The following is an excerpt of the schedule that the state of Connecticut uses to compensate for work-related injuries, in descending order of value.
Lost or Damaged Body Part and Corresponding Compensated Weeks of Pay
Heart 520
Pancreas 416
Liver 347
Arm (master) 208
Arm (other) 194
Hand (master) 168
Eye 157
Hand (other) 155
Foot 125
Penis 35-104
Vagina 35-104
Thumb (master hand) 63
Thumb (other hand) 54
Finger (first) 36
The most valuable organs are apparently the vital organs. We cannot live without a heart, a pancreas or a liver. The second most valuable organs are the ones that we rely on in everyday life and work: master arm and hand, and eyes. But the surprise is that penis and vagina – our reproductive and pleasure organs – are valued much less than the subordinate hand and arm, and foot. Sometimes, they even rank below the thumbs and the first finger.
So maybe we do not value sex THAT much after all. As the Chinese saying goes, he who is fed and warm desires sex. Foremost we want our arms and hands intact to fend for ourselves. Sex is a thought after that.
Well, sex is something people values the most as well as denounces the most. Human being as a species, sex is the most important activity. However, sex is always viewed as animal instinct and avoided when people are seeking higher moral standard. Priests and monks are proud of their sex-less life.
ReplyDeleteNo offense to HP, but your title just made me think that they really have chosen a bad name.
ReplyDeleteAnybody who lost his penis at work probably was doing something he was not supposed to do.
How many animals do have hands? Proably we should value our hands more.
Are we crazier about sex because we are clothed most times, while animals are naked, ALWAYS? Or, do we really know that they have sex less frequently? After all, 'animal' does have some special meaning in topics involving sex.
Now, what does PH really mean?