>>4436
> We have tons of historical examples and the civilizations that last the longest seem to be the ones that are the least bothered by sex
I haven't thought about this very much, but it occurs to me I've been told the opposite yet am only aware of examples to support it... Namely Rome.
They had pretty open sexuality with young boys, don't know about the girls at all.
The Roman civilization lasted a truly incredible span of time. Even moreso if you consider that, when it existed, the Byzantines were still called The Roman Empire. Their name we know them as is from after the fact.
And when disregarding sex with young boy, they were quite open about sex in general. I especially like how graffiti so frequently talks about sexual experiences.
But besides Rome, I don't know much about the history of sex. I do not have the impression sexual openness was much different in much of civilization than it was a hundred years ago. It's complicated now, but that seems recent. I wouldn't suppose sex would correlate to the strength of civilization.
>sex negative culture doesn't seem great
I can't think of any way it can benefit society besides stifling STD spread, just like any repression of acts between people stifles any disease spreading
I'm very detached from the concept of STDs. It's one of those things where "it hasn't happened to me or anyone I personally know, so it doesn't feel like it'll ever happen."
But actually come to think of it, a friend of mine did get clamydia some years back. She was friends with benefits with a spic that slept around.
Well, nothing bad happened to
me. Before I quit sex altogether, I was only have monogamous relations.
And on that note, though I think sex negativity doesn't do anybody any good, I do think monogamy is generally the best choice, to the extent of having one single sexual partner at a time. I wouldn't be able to back this up with anything, but it
feels right, to me, for people to pair up like that. When you get less general, and start asking about various circumstances, maybe I'd think otherwise for those cases, but overall it seems like mono is good.