Nick Treklis wrote:Jason wrote:As Cory noted, it is quite possible that there are innate elements to sexual preference. I think perhaps this notion of projecting ideals onto women is being overplayed, especially since we're talking about sex - it's just bodies rubbing against each other and animal desire.
If that's all sex is (rubbing up against something) then why is there such strong desire to rub up against females, as opposed to a rock or a tree? Lets find out...
Okay. Jane comes across Tarzan one morning with his dick in a knothole, banging the tree. She says "Nooooo, Tarzan, here" as she lays down and points to her crotch. Tarzan comes over, takes a look, and then gives Jane's crotch a couple of hard swats. "Owwww," says Jane. "What was
that for?" He says, "Tarzan always first check for bees."
My guess is that modern Western society and conditioning generally tends to have more of a negative rather than positive impact on sexual preference in this sense. That is, it eliminates potential sexual avenues as opposed to cultivating specific avenues like heterosexuality. It forces limitations.
I can't disagree more. Didn't you grow up in a home where you had two heterosexual parents who took the initiative to stay with each other for the rest of their lives, even though some might say this decision goes against the innate desire of a man?
In my case, no.
Weren't you lead to believe that when you grow up it is your duty to find a girl to get married and have children with?
No.
Weren't all those disney movies and fairy tales you watched and read when you were younger about the the star male character saving or chasing after a female character, and the female character's desire to find her one true love which she could live happily ever after with?
No, my favorites were Pinocchio, Jungle Book, Treasure Island, Fantasia, 101 Dalmatians, Hansel & Gretel, and The Legend of Sleepy Hollow.
What about religions holding up then union of man and woman as one of the most sacred bonds in all of humanity?
I wasn't part of those.
Not to mention like you said, the suppression of all other sexual avenues in order to keep every boy and girl on the straight and narrow. Combine all of this and you have yourself an individual who is primed to seek out females at all costs.
I did not get most of the programming you mention though I agree it exists and is persuasive. However I was still primed, therefore I believe it is innate in us, in some of course more than in others.
