Monday, May 26, 2008

Sex and the City

I am just wondering why sex has become so public that it has become such a cheap commodity. Last Saturday, I watched "Virgin Territory" starring Mischa Barton and Hayden Christiansen. It was a funny movie, sometimes entertaining, but sexually gratuitous.

The movie is about a couple of mid-century ladies and gents who are in the verge of sexual discovery and heat. Set against the backdrop of Church, they keep talking about preserving their virginity as if it were a sacred law. But the irony is the church as the very institution who propagates is the first one to actually break it. The nuns in that church look for a deaf-mute so they can have sex with them without him telling on anyone. Clever but it cites a certain truth. Priests and nuns are perceived to be holier-than-thou here but they are human like the rest of us. They just don't talk about it.

Mind you, this is virginity for both men and women. 

At one point, the issue on love is also raised. Would you really wait to give virginity as the ultimate gift? I ask the question, is there even a virgin in the country today (not counting the minors)? What gift is this?

I suspect that even those who have not reached 18 yet are no longer virgins. Sex trade is so cheap and commodified that it is being:

blogged - internet and social networking sites
published - veiled as massage, escort services, in buy and sell (this is really the pits)
smsed - sex for load - this is really sad.
eyeballed - one look and people hit it off.

I mean really, the sexual energy in the country today has peaked that it has no whether to go but bust. People do it, but they don;t talk about. Some do. Some don't.

But at a time when moral and social concepts have become weak, sex is slowly destroying other relationships.

I am not a prude, but i just think people should do this with utmost concern and preparation. If you can;t be sure, just be safe. 

At a time where gas prices is rising sky high and rice shortage is imminent, we don;t need more mouths to feed.

I cannot help but wonder: Is Manila getting more promiscuous and careless? 


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