Sex.

Sex is what makes the world go round. One could argue that there is more to life than sex, and at one point, there probably was. But not now, not for the majority of the 1st world's populace. You see, the simple act of pleasurable pro-creation, and bonding between a husband and wife, has come to the point of being the most important factor in existence. It's mind boggling to ponder how it came to be that simple act could be the most talked about, joked about, written about, advertised about, occurrence there is. Why can't people just get over it and move on? Well, that's a good question. Let us find out why.

If we were to look back a thousand years or so, we would find something different regarding sex. Mainly that it was not something as famed as it is today. Why is this? Because at that time, sex was readily available. Sex was a staple of marriage, and marriage was commonplace. 16 years old, some type of job, and married - this was the "norm". A persons need/desire for sex was easily fulfilled, and without much fanfare. Though strangely as time went on, the ability to provide for a family became less and less manageable, and therefor sex also became less easily attained. With the desire for sex still the same however, and despite the inability to marry, the occurrences of out-of-marriage sex begins to rise, and therein most problems associated with the process, such as disease, perversion etc. At this point sex began to achieve negative stature in society. Some people getting it, others wanting it, still others "stealing" it. This issue snowballed into what it is today.

Today young people are almost completely incapable of handling marriage, and therefor if they wait for marriage to have sex, they also bypass the majority of time in their life when sex is most appealing. It doesn't take this to tell you that society doesn't do it's best to produce patient individuals. Instead it has capitalized on the ever-growing desire. Knowing full-well that people now are lacking in sexual fulfillment, most every tv show, book, song and movie is riddled with, and most every advertisement is pasted with images of things that inspire sexual thoughts, and therefor grasp the consumer's attention more than anything else.

But the problem doesn't solely exist for those who strive for sex, it also plagues those who are in the position to have "sanctioned" sex, those that are married. You see, while the producers use sex in every way imaginable that they can to advertise to those so ailed by the lack thereof, even those who have it readily available, find themselves wanting more, and from different sources. It grows harder and harder to be "appeased" by a single individual to share the sexual experience with. With images and descriptions of sex with hundreds and thousands of other individuals bombarding a person constantly, it is increasingly difficult for individuals to remain faithful to each other, they simply want more of what is advertised so readily, and frequently.

Though sex takes on the form of something that seems to be everywhere and easily attained, it is the issue of it's more frequently in-existence that twists the reality of the situation in the minds of the masses. "I must be the only person NOT doing it" seems to be the thought of many. The mere act takes on more importance than the bond enhancement with another individual it can create, let alone the creation of human life it was intended to produce. When it seems as though everyone is doing it, and so freely without repercussion, the individual feels abnormal without it. And strives to attain it. Never fully understanding how many levels it really affects them on.

Influenced by society and media, as well as the reassurance of ones self to believe that sex is commonplace, and no longer a procreating act of love only between a husband and wife, sex has at the same time lost it's meaning, while gaining more worth and influence than anything else.