Fetters4U -> RE: Is It Really All About Sex? (8/4/2011 12:38:35 PM)
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ORIGINAL: leadership527 I certainly agree that at some level of abstraction it is possible to reduce all of life -- any life, not simply human -- down to procreation. But why stop there? Why not say something more expansive like, "Well, I believe in a causality so really it's all because that's how the energy of the big bang happened to form." I'm sure that if I was Stephen Hawkings I could dial out the zoom factor at least a few more levels from that. I could also opt to zoom in, eg: "Well, down at the quantum level it's all random so Carol and I do what we do because that's how the quantum dice rolled today." Seriously though, I somehow doubt "Because that's how the cookie crumbled in the big bang" is a useful answer to the OP's question. I am curious though, when you say "BDSM" are you referring to the whips & chains part or do you also count D/s as "BDSM"? My "domination" of Carol (note the quotes) is very much akin to managing a corporation of 2. It has no more sexual content than that. We do not [barely] do the "whips & chains" part. I can easily see how I would conclude that FOR ME, if what I was looking at was "whips & chains" then yes, it would all be about sex. I still wouldn't conclude that about the larger sample set without a well funded and executed study that was peer reviewed. I do not believe in causality. I believe we have a choice. I also believe a lot of what happens is chance. However, I do believe that nature loads the dice. I do not think that there is a single thing in your life that does not have Carol at its heart. You are doomed my friend. Even a trip to the corner store to buy a quart of milk is somehow about sex. [;)] To me, BDSM is about human relationships. The only reasons humans have relationships is sex. If we reproduced asexually, like amoebas say, we would never have got together in any way. Of course, we would have then lost out on all the advantages of family, teamwork, sharing and so on. There is a reason all the higher animals reproduce sexually. D/s exists in many species. There is pecking order among chickens and so on. Think of the dynamics of dominant and subordinate wolves in a pack. They are high level predators. They are very similar to humans. The reason those relationships exist is for the survival of the pack. Survival means sex and cubs. So, yes, to answer your and LadyPact's question, I do believe that all D/s activity, no matter how innocuous, is in some way connected to sexual procreation. I may not be smart enough to figure out how, but I am sure that it is. Ed
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