Sex as Snack

[Byron Black]

One of the many truly mind-blowing things about Thai society is the
absolutely casual, if not absent-minded, way a lot of folks treat sex.

While they tend to mature rather late (I've had 18-year-olds tell me "I
cannot. I am still baby.") once they get going they screw with gay abandon
(pardon the punne). Down side of that is the wildfire spread of  AIDS and
other STDs.

Buddhism doesn't really have any strictures about sex, at least Thai
Buddhism (Tibetan uses it pointedly), and while the lethal combination of
whiskey, firearms and a mercurial character make the Thais occasionally
homicidal in their romance, it doesn't have to do with the Act as much as
the intent, or the social contract.

The way that te casual nature of the physical exercise is regarded is one
reason why so many gay Western folks travel to or live there. Thais think
homosexuality is puzzling or silly, if they think about it at all. If you
are a flaming phagocyte they'll have a good laugh at your expense, but
swishy types can be seen holding down positions of responsibility all
through Thai society.

There was even a drag queen kick boxer who did quite well for him/herself --
until he/she finally decided that she wanted to truly be a she, and got
fixed.

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----- Original Message -----
From: "Dian Donnell" <meadow@austin.rr.com>
To: "Byron Black" <blacky@cbn.net.id>
Cc: <austin-ghetto-list@pairlist.net>; "Michael Eisenstadt"
<michaele@ando.pair.com>
Sent: Wednesday, April 30, 2003 9:49 PM
Subject: Re: The Relative Importance of S*E*X


> Interesting subject, what?
> On a recent trip to the Amazon, to Peru's Iquitos, a town of 300,000 tho
it
> feels like a village, where a few main rivers converge, there were several
> anglo men who had moved there in part because the "women there drive him
crazy"
> as our white boat trip guide said of one, and a local white cafe owner
married
> to a local would agree.  On the same river jaunt, visiting a jungle tribe
> decked out to perform, one of our group of 4 took a breather from the
indoors
> performance to wait outside, where she noticed a couple coupling in an
open air
> house nearby.  Guess they were taking advantage of the distraction of our
> visit.  Anyhow, I got the feeling, from the art and just observing, that
sex
> was just okay.  And in Lima is a whole museum of pre-Columbian erotic
pots.  In
> fact, they're quite common.
> Having studied Freud in college, in fact using his perhaps twisted take to
> interpret "The Rime of the Ancient Mariner" for my senior project (and
getting
> it duly rejected and having to rewrite it in a more traditional if
toothless
> way) I probably had some help shedding some cultural brainwashing but have
> since, especially post menopause, learned there's lots more in the big
picture.
>
> d
>
>
> Byron Black wrote:
>
> > > I'm wondering if it may also have to do with the circumsision of women
> > which
> > > occurs in muslim societies, which must dampen the libido, insurance
for
> > loyal
> > > wives and indifferent Act partners.
> >
> > Based on my experience of living years in various societies, both
> > third-world (like Indonesia) and weird-world (Japan) I would also nail
diet
> > as a key suspect. People who work hard with their bodies and don't eat a
lot
> > of red meat, starch, sugar etc. most probably have a milder libido. They
> > certainly look tighter and not so bloated. White rice has, however, done
> > much to create a race of fatties in Asia, the same way hamburgers and
fries
> > has done back home.
> >
> > The Indonesians seem exceptionally indifferent to sex, particularly the
> > Javanese. They can take it or leave it. The Filipinos and Thais (also
Malay
> > stock, mixed up with Chinese and other strains) are very absorbed by the
> > subject, joke a lot, talk it to death and apparently screw a whole lot
too.
> > Arabs are also known to be sex maniacs though that may just be Western
> > propaganda (Richard Burton onwards).
> >
> > While the Japanese are absorbed in the subject, it is totally
> > intellectualized sex, expressed through visuals (cartoons, films), talk
and
> > the social dance. I found that when it comes down to screwing the men
were
> > incredibly slack, whereas it was not uncommon for female students to be
> > plenty aggressive.
> >
> > In China, of course, the subject does not exist. There was an article
> > recently in the local press about 20-odd Chinese couples who were
childless;
> > when visiting counsellors it was discovered that no one had ever
informed
> > them of birds, bees and wiggly spermatozoa. They were also too
embarrassed /
> > ashamed to try things out on their own, even after getting married (I am
not
> > making this up, as Dave Barry always says).
> >
> > Yes there are a billion people in China, but they must reproduce through
> > parthenogenesis or embogenation or with some other exotic technique.
> >
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