S is for Sex

Sex is not bad (evil, wrong, a sin, etc.): Sex is the most natural, beautiful expression of humanity. Art, literature, film, music... all these things are simply reaching for some moment of pure essence of humanity. Sex, if used properly, is the most direct route to that essence.

So why does it scare people?

Even in our liberal times, with sex in the media, alternative explorations of non-patriarchal non-heteronormative sexuality, and more open discourses on the topic, we still manage to ostracize and fear its power.

The key is 'disease:'

A good example of the flaw in thinking about sexually transmitted infections is anti-homosexual rhetoric concerning AIDS as the 'gay disease.' Now, I understand that many closed-minded people still hold this stance, but for the most part I believe it to be an antiquated and obviously bigoted view. AIDS, scientifically, is simply sexually transmitted and happened to come to the US through one gay individual, but that being luck of the draw, makes it non-biased. (Because really, how would the damn disease know if you're straight, gay, or somewhere in the middle? And what counts as gay? Would you get sick for thinking about how nice that person of the same gender's bum looks? Ridiculous.) But a lot of the stigma still exists. It's not a gay-specific stigma, but it's just as rooted in religion.

Don't be a dirty slut. Cause now you can get so dirty you might die.

Fucking sluts. Because genitalia is the most amazing disgusting cradle of everything that happens to be the reason we're all alive. How terrible, that we have to constantly block out images of our parents fucking like rabbits because it's so, so wrong.

But why is it wrong?

Because sex = sickness?

Or is it because sex = power?

Multiple sexual partners don't cause STIs; unsafe sex causes STIs. ... Just sayin'.