Article from the Toronto Sun

I am reposting something I found in the Toronto Sun online newspaper today. I thought it was funny how relevant this is to the previous posts I wrote on masturbation. My only comment is the person writing the letter is a dummy for thinking that you're a sexual deviant if you use a vibrator... you'd be a sexual deviant if you wanted to fuck your own dog, not from using a vibrator.

Dear Robin:

Aren't there any sexually normal people left? You know, the kind who can enjoy sex year after year without the use of artificial stimulation? I know of at least one and that's me and I am just curious. -Not a Deviant.

Dear Not a Deviant:

You have posed an interesting question, one I would like my readers to weigh in on. First of all, I think we need to define what constitutes “sexually normal.” In this day and age, that could mean anything, but the traditional meaning would be one who enjoys mainstream intimacy. Then again, what defines “mainstream intimacy”? This could take a while.

Sex sells, and apparently, these days, it sells a whole lot more if it is outside the box, so to speak. From the moment we wake up in the morning and flick on the TV, get on the bus/train, open a paper or magazine, we are bombarded by sex. Women are expected to be fire engine hot sex kittens, while men are likened to Adonis, complete with buttery voices and sculpted abs. Then you wake up. There are so many enhancers and enablers out there, one doesn't even need to leave the house anymore, except maybe when you run out of ... milk.

I think people are obsessed with getting the kind of sex that is being advertised, and sometimes may no longer be satisfied with what is offered up to them. I liken it to being fed prime rib for a week straight, and then having a minute steak placed in front of you. When you consider the images thrown at us every day, is it any wonder people may start to think of themselves in that way?

Well readers, what do you think? Has sex gone off the rails? Is it a case of too much in your face, or perhaps sliding morals causing an acceptance of things once taboo?

http://www.torontosun.com/life/columnists/robin_anderson/2009/12/02/12009276.html