Men's Group

porn and sexuality. Religious or spiritual depictions of sex as porn? Really now...

Since sex is a basic human function, depictions of it in various societies would seem no different than depictions of, say, the Last Supper. I've seen those well-hung little Roman lares (curiously, there was a large display of them at the Cologne Cathedral) just as I've seen similar drawings in the Book of Kells and vulvas on celtic crosses. None of them seemed to be intended to spur the wackage of horny teenagers or cuckolds, but were the celebration of sex, which most of us seem to agree is every bit worth celebrating as any other human activity. While many prefer the celebrating be done in private, to call it porn is itself degrading.

The Victorians, btw, appear to not have been anti-sex at all, just anti- talking about it. One wonders how much that, along with the cult of the little girl and other odd fixations, encouraged them to conquer the world.