Tag: Sexual Attitudes

Sex Is Where You Find It

It is no secret that I am a history buff……since it is the start of my weekend I think I will dedicate it to historical stuff…….when I was traveling I got to go to the ruins in Pompeii…..a very interesting tour by the way……I especially was fascinated by the erotic graffiti that was found in the ruins…..I have also seen what some call the Porno Scroll, a piece of Egyptian papyrus with some explicit drawings……I bring all this up because of a report I read last week……..

Think phallic graffiti art exclusively belongs to the baseless present? Think again. An archaeologist has uncovered what the Guardian touts as the earliest erotic graffiti on the planet, found in Greece—and predating, in one case, even Athens’ Acropolis. Since 2011, Dr. Andreas Vlachopoulos has been directing fieldwork on the Aegean island of Astypalaia, and the professor may have given the students working with him a little more insight than he’d at first intended when he happened upon extremely explicit erotica chiseled into the limestone rocks that line the cape. In one instance, dating back to 5th century BC, two gigantic penises are etched next to the name Dion; in another, dating to 6th century BC, one man boasted: “Nikasitimos was here mounting Timiona.”

“We know that in ancient Greece sexual desire between men was not a taboo,” Vlachopoulos tells the Guardian. “But this graffiti … is not just among the earliest ever discovered. By using the verb in the past continuous [tense], it clearly says that these two men were making love over a long period of time, emphasizing the sexual act in a way that is highly unusual in erotic artwork.” One theory is that soldiers were once stationed at this outpost overlooking the bay; other carvings include that of ships, daggers, and wave-symbolizing spirals. Either way Astypalaia, best known for what Archaeology International called “the largest ancient children’s cemetery in the world,” with at least 2,700 infant burials identified in one place, can now add ancient porn among its claims to fame. (Meanwhile, in Italy, art restorers have been accused of scrubbing away the erotic…)

Our ancestors were NO different from us…….they enjoyed the same things we enjoy…….anybody got an opinion they would like to share?

SEX!

I am a proponent of the legalization of prostitution…….come on we men are gonna have sex……and the oldest profession should be legal.  But we Americans are so prudish that we want to control the whole process of screwing….from control or outlawing contraception to making ads more “descent” (whatever that means)……the word obscene is a word that means different things to different people….to me a 300 lb man or woman in a string bikini is the most obscene thing I can think of, at this point in my life…..but we have governments in the states that want to control the whole process of sex…..to them I say…..BITE ME!

After living in Europe I can say that we Americans are dinosaurs when it come to sexuality……

(Newser) – An outsider looking at US law could be forgiven for coming to the conclusion that Americans hate sex. As Rutgers professor Margo Kaplan writes in the Washington Post, judges and politicians “are still strangely squeamish about sexual pleasure” when it comes to legislation. They hold their noses and use terms such as the “physical act” to describe sex, often treating it as an immoral, “joyless,” and downright disgusting behavior. At best, in the eyes of the law, it’s OK during marriage when used for procreation or marital bonding. But pleasure? Forget it.

“Real progress toward sexual freedom would involve courts and legislatures recognizing that there’s value in sexual pleasure,” writes Kaplan. “And that would force judges and politicians to rethink the logic of various laws.” In an age of Fifty Shades of Grey, we still have laws on the books against consensual spanking and sex toys? And “obscenity” gets less constitutional protection than racist speech? It’s time for “more informed discussions” about life in the bedroom, writes Kaplan. “I’d like to think that courts, legislatures and voters are up to the challenge. So, let’s talk about sex.” Click for her full column.

What more can I say….I AGREE!

But there is one thing….one channel has a new shoe, reality, of course, about 2 couple dropped off naked into the wilderness….they are completely naked but the show has everything blurred out…now how many men would turn to this show if it were not blurred out?  Or why make a reality show that is that censored?

So, yes….our society is still way too prudish and puritanical……..

Surely, there are thoughts out there……let ’em fly, my friends, let ’em fly……

Is It Really An Addiction?

There are many addictions….like drugs, booze adrenalin and of course that addiction that all men love to hear about….SEX ADDICTION!

It is fought with many different solutions….therapy, hypnosis, drugs (but that could create a whole new set of addictions) and just go about screwing your brains out…..every man looks for that perfect nymphomaniac to keep him smiling for a long time…..but there is a new study and research that may shine some light onto the subject…….

(Newser) – The term “sex addiction” might get tossed around a lot these days as a way to explain some not-so-classy behavior of the Anthony Weiner-Tiger Woods variety, but is it really an addiction on par with drugs or alcohol? The first study to explore brain responses in people who describe themselves as hypersexual suggests otherwise, reports UCLA. Researchers there showed the subjects—39 men and 13 women—sexual images, and discovered that their brains didn’t respond in the same way that, say, a cocaine addict would respond to images of cocaine.

“Most people describe high-frequency sexual problems as an ‘addiction’—that’s how the public and even many clinicians talk about it,” one of the researchers tells Slate. “But this data challenges the addiction model and forces us to reconsider how we think and talk about these problems.” The subjects have higher libidos, or sexual desire, but not necessarily a clinical medical problem. They still need help, but if further studies verify this first one, then the type of help they’ll get will be affected. All of which might be OK, writes Jillian Keenan at Slate. “If we turn every single quirk of human sexuality into a ‘disease,’ after all, then we’re all screwed.” The study is in the journal Socioaffective Neuroscience & Psychology.

Now I know my loyal readers will an opinion on this turn of events……speak up!

Facebook Better Than Sex?

It is Saturday and the weekend begins.  Time to take a much needed break from the dullness of the after election dialog…….and now for something completely different…….

A great question…it seems to answer itself….but……..

(Newser) – It might not be better than sex, but Facebook—along with checking email and surfing the web—is apparently more irresistible, a new study has found. The smartphone-based survey of mostly college-aged respondents tracked their most irresistible desires several times a day. While most reported that sex was a stronger desire, subjects were more likely to give in to their desire to check out media, including things like email and Facebook, the survey found. “Media desires, such as social networking, checking emails, surfing the web, or watching television might be hard to resist in light of the constant availability, huge appeal, and apparent low costs of these activities,” says the study author from the University of Chicago.

One explanation could be that it’s easier and more convenient to check Facebook than it is to have sex, reports ABC News. “The sex drive is much stronger but it’s also much more situational,” says an online expert from the University of Southern California. “We’re training ourselves to check our messages every couple minutes. People are constantly looking down to check their phones. They can’t stop.”

I am an old fuddy duddy…..I do not nave a Facebook account and have desire to ever have one…..so for me it is NOT better than sex….actually I cannot think of anything that is better than SEX!

The Question That Begs To Be Answered

Well, it is Sunday and my last day of nothingness…Tomorrow I return to the world  of hype and innuendo….commonly or jokingly referred to as politics……

But first there are some questions that just begged to be answered…Does Nessie exist?  Or is God listening?  Why are we here?  What is the meaning of life?  or ……well, you get the picture…..recently a very funny man asked a question that begs to be answered….watch the video and you decide……http://huff.to/o1ZcHS

Sorry, but this is the best question ever asked!

And the answer is!  Ding…..ding….

How Do I Pay For That Tuition?

My last day of mental relaxation…..and as usual there is something that I need to get off my chest before I return to the world of brainless political news…..

College tuition are going up at an outlandish rate….soon NO one in the middle class will be able to afford college and be destined to live a mediocre life…..but wait!  If you are a female there could be an answer to your college tuition dilemma……

In an article written by Amanda Fairbanks for the HufPo……..

…….faced with about $15,000 in unpaid tuition and overdue bills, Taylor and her roommate typed “tuition,” “debt,” and “money for school” into Google. A website called SeekingArrangement.com popped up. Intrigued by the promise of what the site billed as a “college tuition sugar daddy,” Taylor created a “sugar baby” profile and eventually connected with the man from Greenwich. (“Taylor” is the pseudonym she uses with men she meets online. Neither she nor any of the other women interviewed for this article permitted their real names be used.)In her profile on the site, Taylor describes herself as “a full-time college student studying psychology and looking to meet someone to help pay the bills.” Photos on the site show her in revealing outfits, a mane of caramel-colored hair framing her face. But unlike other dating sites, where a user might also list preferred hobbies or desired traits, Taylor instead indicates preferences for a “sugar daddy” and an “arrangement” in the range of $1,000 to $3,000 a month.

Saddled with piles of student debt and a job-scarce, lackluster economy, current college students and recent graduates are selling themselves to pursue a diploma or pay down their loans. An increasing number, according to the the owners of websites that broker such hook-ups, have taken to the web in search of online suitors or wealthy benefactors who, in exchange for sex, companionship, or both, might help with the bills.

Imaginative ways to pay off your tuition debate……but how will this play in the legal system?  And what about guys?  Can they play the gigolo to find financing for their massive debt?

It is sad that women must turn to this type of repayment plan…after all this is the world’s “greatest nation”, right?  And it sounds like something from the 18th century where women had to go into prostitution to pay off debts….is this a nation to be proud of?

A Ranting I Will Go #1

It is Sunday and as usual I tried to find something that is not involved with politics to do a post on and I found a doosey……….

By now most us will know just how groundbreaking MTV has been in the past…the first vid channel….first vid award….the first …..well you get the picture……but now they are first yet again…the first to go to child porn as entertainment…..(is that not something one goes to prison for?)

Their new show “Skins” is an instant hit….3.3 million viewers for the first show…..

That pressure is already beginning to mount. At least one advertiser, Taco Bell, announced it is pulling its commercials from future shows.

Taco Bell is not the only organization up in arms about the new show. The Parents Television Council called on the chairmen of the U.S. Senate and House Judiciary committees and the Department of Justice to open investigations about what the PTC alleges is child pornography on “Skins” involving actors as young as 15.

Among the concerns are the ages of some of the actors. Several “Skins” cast members are as young as 15 years old. Their roles in upcoming episodes, which include nudity, have prompted some to wonder whether MTV is doing a delicate dance around child pornography issues.

There is a huge back lash against the show…..

Viacom executives have ordered producers to either make changes or tone down the most explicit content, the New York Times reports.

Meetings on the show were held Tuesday, and executives wondered if they could face criminal prosecution and jail time if the episodes were broadcast without changes, the Times reports.

They are nervous about the third episode of the series, in which 17-year-old actor Jesse Carere is shown running down these street naked from behind. The plot centers around his erection, aided by erectile dysfunction pills. It’s slated to air Jan. 31.

I understand the concern and the outrage……child porn is a problem in this country as well as the rest of the world….but should not someone feel obliged to ask the question….where are the parents of these children?

Come on…you can piss and moan about the content of the show…..but why would parents allow their children to be portrayed as sex addicts and drug addicts?  Should not the focus should be on the parents?  These are minors!  And if I go to jail for offering a drink to a minor, should not these parents be held to some sort of accountability?

I realize the money may be good, but this smacks of pimping your kids out to perverts….

See! There Is A God!

So many things and so little time…….for years I have bitched about the lack of nudity on TV and the hard censorship…..but now all that could be things of the past….why?  There is a God!

Fox News is reporting…….

The US Second Circuit Court of Appeals has vacated the $1.21 million worth of fines that the FCC levied against ABC after alleging that the network violated broadcast indecency standards for daring to show actress Charlotte Ross’ naked behind during a 2003 episode of “NYPD Blue.”

When overthrowing the fine, the court cited the FCC’s own declaration that “nudity itself is not per se indecent.” It also reiterated that the FCC’s context-based indecency test is “unconstitutionally vague,” as previously determined by the court when the FCC demanded fines from Fox when profanities were aired during the 2006 Billboard Music Awards.
I seriously doubt that this will give us what all the nay-sayers are warning about…..that is more nudity and such….doubt that this move will improve the quality or content of network TV….but it is a start…..and of course there will be those “sky is failing” folk that think that there will be bare boobs on news programs….but I think little will change….but on second thought….bare boobs on the news could make people more attentive to what is going on around them….if so…I say “show me your t*ts”……(a Mardi gras classic)………

It Is Just NOT Fair!

Daily Agitator

From time to time, I tire of making myself sick following politics and the current affairs…..and from time to time I enjoy writing a little humor….and this is one of those times.

You have heard of “cougar hunting”…..NO?  That is when young males, 20 somethings, go out on the town trolling for older women to bag.  It has become a popular past time, to the point of TV series, Reality shows and TV ads….as a matter of fact it was a TV ad that got me a bit cheesed.  It is for a tequila, where two twenty somethings are standing around talking and one is telling his friend about the “cougar” he bagged last nite.  As he talks he is dialing her phone to invite her to lunch.  Next a cel on the counter is ringing and one guy yells, “Mom your phone is ringing” ……

This got me to thinking…..why do older women get all the fun?  I mean it is a sexual game played by adults, or those close to adulthood……when are the old fart guys gonna become the new “Cougar hunting craze”?  As it is now, the twenty-something females see us as “dinosaurs” or “fossils”….when are the little hard bodies gonna get on the bandwagon and make us the focus of their sexual desire?

Is it too much to ask for a little equality here?  I mean we DO have a magic pill, if necessary…..

It is just NOT fair!

Weed Puts Limber In Your Joint!

This one is for all those stoners from high school…you know those guys that hit the pipe and would sit in the corner contemplating the meaning of string….

Yes, there has been yet another study on sex and weed:

Men who smoked pot daily were found to be four times more likely to have trouble reaching orgasm than men who did not inhale, according to the La Trobe University study.

Other daily male cannabis smokers experienced premature ejaculation at nearly three times the rate of non-smokers.

Professor Anthony Smith says while the habit often had a significant impact on a man’s sex life, the effects were not always something the smokers would consider a “sexual health problem”.

“The findings suggest that men are self-medicating with cannabis to delay orgasm,” said Prof Smith from the Melbourne-based university’s Australian Research Centre in Sex, Health and Society.

“While many male smokers experienced sexual problems, they also reported more partners than non-smokers.

The study took in more than 8600 people, aged 16 to 64, who were surveyed by telephone as part of the Australian Longitudinal Study of Health and Relationships.

Participants were asked whether they had used cannabis in the previous year and, if yes, their frequency.

Overall, 8.7 per cent said they had used cannabis in the last year, with twice as many men (11.2 per cent) in the positive compared to women (6.1 per cent).

People under 36 were more likely to smoke marijuana than older participants.

The research also found women who smoked cannabis daily were more likely to have had two or more sexual partners in the previous year.

They were also seven times more likely to have been diagnosed with a sexually transmitted infection in the last year than non-smokers.

Now if that does not put the limber in your joint (pun intended), then nothing will….