Why do so many religious people have a phobia about sex?
It would seem that feelings of fear and guilt about sex became associated with concepts of the goodness and purity of God.
They feel dirty and defiled.
But this is not a healthy attitude.
In her book The Female Eunuch Germaine Greer devoted a whole chapter to loathing and disgust.
She claimed that after sex men projected their feelings of loathing and disgust onto women.
And this may be the source of religious men's phobia about sex.
From Adam and Eve to Augustine and beyond sex has been a bone of contention for religious people.
My idea, however, is that instead of banning sex or branding it bad and sinful we should develop a healthy attitude towards the pleasure of sex.
Sex is the consummation of love.
And as such it is part of God's plan for humanity.
God's Will is that we love one another.
And sex is an adjunct of love.
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