Sex, Society, and Consent

The pleasure of sex has evolved over millions of years. For humanity, it is the pinnacle of our physical form. History has shaped our bodies in a way to love sex enough to continue our existence, but not enough to cause a potential collapse.

Society is responsible for, as for all things related to growth of our kind, setting the parameters to encourage a healthy an appropriate relationship with sex.

Since a stable growth is desired in a good society, concepts like monogamy and marriage are often praised, because a single, strong relationship is much more beneficial to growth than many weak relationships. Though many relationships are not “bad,” it does open the possibilities for many more negative outcomes of those relationships to occur. Maintaining one relationship is difficult enough, let alone many.

On the other end of the spectrum, acts of rape and molestation are rightfully ostracized. These acts will destroy a society, because these acts destroy people.

Such is our bodies’ affinity and awareness of sex, that it becomes ingrained into our very psyche. Trauma inflicted to the body most often has relatively limited effects on the mind. A broken bone heals, and though one may develop fear or weariness for certain situations, the body heals from pain, so does the mind.

However, sexual trauma is unique; indescribably terrible. Though the body recovers relatively quickly, the mind is more often then now forever changed; a scar that never truly heals; an inability to let go of the pain of trauma, for fear of experiencing it again. The mind forces the body to be forever on guard. Like chains to the past. Wonder and anticipation for what’s to come turns into trepidation and anxiety of what may happen. The future is no longer an opportunity; it is a risk. Every step forward is now preceded with hesitation.

Man is incredible at fixing the physical ailments, but so lacking in the realities beyond that. We know so much about our bodies, yet so little about ourselves.

Sex is a powerful experience, and power has nothing to do with morality. One flourishes in a healthy relationship with sex. Consenting pairs benefit. But at the point where one pursues sex without consent, the desire for sex so dwarfs the rest of reality that one is willing to sacrifice the future of perfection; even beyond that – they are willing to sacrifice the reality of life itself. It causes as much destruction to life as murder, if not more.

The end goal for an infinite and unending Truth is sacrificed for the pleasures of a finite experience. Those individuals who perform such heinous actions have ceased to be persons, forsaking their greatest gifts, empathy, losing their humanity in the process. A person who performs any act of sexual trauma whatsoever has become nothing more than an animal. Until they atone for their actions, they can be trusted no more than a rabbid dog riddled with rabies.