The Myth of Getting Laid
Photo by Flickr user Jude.C. Used under a Creative Commons license.
[Note: I'm on vacation in what may be very limited internet service so this is a pre-recorded and (I very much hope!) a self-publishing post. I may not have much opportunity to reply to comments but you're comments are still very welcome. I'll reply as soon as I can. You're some of the best commenters in the blogsphere so you're always welcome to respond spiritedly but respectfully to each other's comments while I'm away. --fl]
No matter how often a politician, professor, soldier, fellow student, business associate, neighbor or any other hypothetically-sexually-deprived thorn in your side "just got laid more often" they'd still be a thorn in the side. The idea that sex reduces aggression or increases a) is manifestly and even observably true and b) is just another manifestation of the myth of sexual scarcity.
[Even though I've previewed a couple of these photos I thought I'd run them as a series since they make a fairly nice progression and because I evidently so rarely photograph my butt. Hope nobody minds. --fl]
"Behind Mirror 002" from my "Behind Mirror" photoset on Flickr.
Also, why these photos?
??? ...I'm sorry, I can't parse that. I'm not even sure what the first sentence is trying to say, and the second sentence could be interpreted in at least two entirely different ways because the grammar is unclear. Since Figleaf's probably still not checking his comments, can anyone help?
Nightfall,
I think I know the point Figleaf was trying to make, but I will let him clarify that. Instead, I'll try to imagine the setting in which this post was written.
Seated at a wooden picnic table, under a larch tree, the Prudish Libertine swatted another mosquito irresistibly drawn to the blogger's bare forearm. The arc of the swat was wide and scythed the open can of Starbuck's espresso double shot. Sweet stickiness oozed across the keypad as our hero cursed and grabbed the paper towels. But the confused keypad mistook that first dab of the paper towel as the signal to publish, and so this wee post arrived before its time.
;-)
Are you saying that sex does reduce aggression, or does not?
Reminds me of this site, the accuracy of which is uncertain, but which makes the argument for the former.
[Hi Daniel, I really should have rewritten this post. I don't believe sex reduces aggression nor do I believe someone with just a dour or glum disposition "just needs to get laid." Thanks. --fl]