Throw The World A Good Fuck And Everything Else Will Work Itself Out

Lady Chatterly's Sexy Message, I Mean Lover

I think Professor Grieve's comment in class is correct. I think that D. H. Lawrence wanted us to consider the possibility that good and true sex can save the world. I'm not 100 percent sure that this argument will win but there is something to it.

Lady Chatterly is on her own journey of discovery and she finds it through sexual awakening. I think that if society makes sex a taboo topic there ought to be someone like Lawrence arguing the exact opposite. I think that Lawrence's stance on sex and its impact on the world is more correct that the stance of taboo-ism.

We do a lot of things wrong as people. One of them is not educating children properly on sex. This breeds (pun intended) risky practices. Example:

I have a friend who teaches Grades 7 and 8. They had a condom program due the number of pregnancy scares...among children! A prudish and silly principal arrived and in true administrative fashion cut the program as it was offensive and promoted sex. Pregnancy scares showed up again, big surprise? I always consider asking the boots-on-the-ground about what goes on on-the-ground, rocket science right? One man, one principal, took personal offense and I would argue placed those children at risk, not just a risk of pregnancy but a risk of safe sexual practices. What good did prudish offense produce in the end? None. Quite the opposite. The teachers didn't get together and dream up a sexy and scandalous program out of their own perverse delusions, they did it for safety after observing the state of the school.

I'm not arguing elementary and middle school aged children should explore their sexuality. What I'm saying is that they are going to do this anyway and as adults we have a duty to have them prepared for at least their own safety.

Back to adults. We are a sexually immature culture. I do not mean that we don't have enough sex. I mean that we don't understand sex. Really, what is it, after all? Is it Leonard Cohen-ly two beautiful greedy bodies colliding to fight loneliness? Is it spiritual? Is it a combination of the animal and the divine? I'm not entirely sure what it is. But it is worth our consideration. Look at what happens when we don't consider it. Look at what happens when we try to fight it. That should be evidence enough to consider Lawrence and Grieves: can a good fuck make the world a better place? It seems a healthier approach than what we're doing right now.

More research is needed...