How To Make the World a Better Place

I have this theory, that I admit is a little far-fetched and not perfect. I feel that sex would make the world a better place. I mean, everyone would be happier!

I understand we already have sex in the world, and that in a world with so much sexualized media, how can we add more?

It's not the amount of sex, it's how it's associated and taught. I strongly believe that a huge part of the problem is the way we stigmatize and categorize sex. Sex is biologically designed to make us happy, yet why does it cause so much frustration and anger?

The root of the problem, as far back as I can trace it, is stigma. For most of us, we were brought up with the idea that sex was bad, we shouldn't talk about it and if you do it, you're dirty and shameful. Sex became a taboo. We weren't supposed to ask questions about how to make it better, and we were made to feel guilty even just masturbating.

The argument for providing little information about sexuality is aimed for adolescents and young children in an attempt to keep them from exploring their sexuality and suffering consequences such as pregnancy or sexually transmitted infections. Somehow this tactic doesn't appear to work, however. It still happens and now we have an MTV series dedicated to underage mothers.

Instead of forbidding sex to be discussed, I feel parents, guardians and teachers ought to answer questions about it honestly, with an appropriate amount of detail for their age. Information about the different forms of contraception, consent and sex can actually help teens from making informed decisions about when they are ready to have sex, instead of doing it for the wrong reasons, and also being safe and healthy. Shame can be removed from the equation, and they can be taught not to view sex as a determinant of status or power.

Wouldn't it be better if youth were taught the best sex was safe, respectful sex?

So much time and effort is put into with whom we should be having sex, how much or how little sex we're having, how many partners we have, and our relationship statuses. If we just had as much (or as little) sex as we wanted, with whomever made us happy, guilt-free, wouldn't our lives be even just the slightest bit better? All of this time we spend debating and making laws about sex, we could spend on much more serious problems.