Tuesday, February 3, 2009

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"When is or was sex ever free of culture? Do you feel that the footage of animals having sex on Animal documentaries are then a means to insert (pun intended) them into the realm of culture?"


Well, no, meaning that sex itself is not a cultural act. And the first humans to procreate were not part of any particular culture group, perhaps other than the fact that they lived in different areas and really wanted ass. When most animals have sex, they are doing so solely to reproduce. It is primal. But the deeper meaning sex has acquired for humans is surely a result of adapted intelligence, culture, and materialism, isn't it? Its very hard to imagine this guy
(ignore the space ships)
worrying about setting the mood - much less giving a damn whether his mate was even interested. But this is what Burrough's does. He presents sex free of the culture we attribute to it. Where is the beauty, love...humanity?
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3 comments:

  1. Alind44February 3, 2009 at 12:58 AM

    The point of course being that this is the cause of discomfort

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  2. TonyFebruary 3, 2009 at 1:06 AM

    But does the enclosure of culture really add this stuff "beauty, love...humanity" or is that these things are what keep up within culture?

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  3. Alind44February 3, 2009 at 11:27 AM

    I think those things are part of our culture, we have certain taboo's. So when those are unobserved, we react negatively.

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