Two unexpected sources offer fodder for discussion about the merits of approaching sex differently. First, journalist Hephzibah Anderson writes in the Atlantic about her Year Without Sex. Then, Camille Paglia writes for the New York Times, “No Sex Please, We’re Middle Class,” in which she argues that a return to differentiation between the sexes and even a degree of modesty will increase pleasure. Neither of these writers supports a return to conservative sexual norms, but both of them demonstrate ways our culture’s sexual freedom has harmed us. For more of my thoughts on this, see my post for her.meneutics: Sexy Evangelism.
I also heard an interesting story on NPR about the relationship between genetics, neuro-psychology and childhood experience: “A Neuroscientist Uncovers a Dark Secret.” As neuroscientist Jim Fallon discovers that he has both the brain of a psychopath and the genes of one, he rethinks the relationship between nature and nurture: “He once believed that genes and brain function could determine everything about us. But now he thinks his childhood may have made all the difference.”
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