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When Did Sex Become Fun?

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Re: When Did Sex Become Fun?

#22
post #6

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Oh. So, the 1960s, then.

Well, the Kama Sutra is said to origin from around 400 BCE.

BCE has always weirded me out a little. Making it secular by just changing the suffix isn't really doing anything imho. I just read the Wikipedia entry and noticed that "vulgaris aerae" or "Vulger Era" for AD was once common. Now that is an equally problematic fix, but one I like.

Re: When Did Sex Become Fun?

#23

It became fun when I got married.

Your comment is going up and down. Maybe this is because of the word marriage.

Formulated differently, from my subjective, unique, non reproducible and totally unscientific experience of being 16 years together with my wife with three kids, the quality and fun is positively correlated to the level of reciprocity and trust in the relationship.

And for the young readers, reciprocity and trust can really increase over the years, which increases the fun, which naturally increases reciprocity, which ...

Re: When Did Sex Become Fun?

#24

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Well, the Kama Sutra is said to origin from around 400 BCE.

BCE has always weirded me out a little. Making it secular by just changing the suffix isn't really doing anything imho. I just read the Wikipedia entry and noticed that "vulgaris aerae" or "Vulger Era" for AD was once common. Now that is an equally problematic fix, but one I like.

BCE has the advantage of pleasing everyone.

Before Christ Era

Before Common Era

Before Current Era

Re: When Did Sex Become Fun?

#26
post #5

Sadly, the really-terribly-written article doesn't actually have anything useful to say about the question in the title.

The title also begs the question! Is sex fun? Most people might say "Yes", but not quite 100% of the population.

I'm going to quote Woody Allen. The context is too delicious to pass.

"But isn't sex messy?" "Yes, but only when done right."

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