Is It All About Sex?

Does desire always trump choice?  Is it all about sex?  Are we drawn into things that are forbidden because of primal need, curiosity, a mammal requirement of our species? What motivates us to do things that we would say we would never do. Sex. Sure. Sex enraptures us, challenges us, pushes us and changes us, but it’s more than that. These places that we travel, that we talk about, that we hide or pretend that we are not of same cloth all have one thing in common. Connection.

We are not meant to be alone and so we seek out connections wherever, whenever to fill those gaps in our lives when we are lonely. And all of us are lonely at some point, even when surrounded by others. All of us seek a deeper connection, even if that connection is only a few words and exchange of body fluids.  That is why the act of sex itself has power.

It was a conversation I had amongst five women, sitting around my house while consuming to many drinks, and we post an ad on the internet for my girlfriend who just turned forty and officially signed the papers for her divorce.  What is she seeking?  Well not the guy with the tuft of hair on his forehead, the beer gut and the line of “There is this and then more.”  *Shudder*  She’s seeking what she had in her marriage for a while…a sense of security, someone to call home eventually, but for now she will settle for some really great sex.  Wouldn’t we all.

This movie seemed fitting for this topic.

Touch…