The Goal. Sexually, I mean.

I LOVED the quote from Susan Sontag about Sadomasochism. She is talking about sex being purely sexual and has nothing to do with relationships or love. Although I don't disagree with it, I don't completely agree with it either. The last sentence was my favorite. [talking about masters/slaves] "The color is black, the material is leather, the seduction is beauty, the justification is honesty, the aim is ecstasy, the fantasy is death."

Every single piece of this quote is incredibly accurate for the time period that we live in. How shallow of a world we've created, even though I understand that as times change, people change to make up for our inadequacies. I suppose since mainstream 70s hallucinogens and narcotics have been outlawed, people have found other forms of escapism. Sure, some of them are innocent, like watching movies, reading books, having a completely absorbing and intellectual conversation with a friend. Others... not so much.

Sex has become a sport to our culture. It's about domination and power, defeat and striking victory. There are places where women run BUSINESSES that men can go to, give a description of any sexual fantasy, and the women that work there will "provide" for him. Incredible. The color is black. The material is leather.

Those models that we see (way too flawless to be healthy or sane) all have a sex appeal that men and women alike crave for. When these women go missing, get raped, get murdered, it just reminds us that we're on the search for ownership of beauty. The seduction is beauty.

Then we want to be up-front about our purposes. We want to be honest and that makes us feel guilt-free, because airing our dirty laundry is acceptable in most places. The justification is honesty.

Pleasure is the driving force for establishments that sell sex, or people taking their clothes off, or videos or toys or what have you. All we want is to feel good. The aim is ecstasy.

Don't they say that an orgasm and sneezing are the moments in life when you're closest to death? Really... an orgasm? I wonder if that has ever made people think twice before doing it (probably not, because that's not how we are). Shows like CSI: illustrate this perfectly. Don't get me wrong... I love the show... I've seen every episode... a large majority of them more than once. But the show isn't completely fictional. There are people who get killed because of sexual appeal or someone else's sexual appetite. We hear it on the news, and we're astounded. But news flash: to be human is to be hungry, barbaric, flawed, and guiltless. The fantasy, after all, is death.