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     Many  of  our difficulties with human  sexuality  are
rooted  in misleading conceptions regarding the nature  of
human sexuality.     If  we assume that we need sex in the
same manner as we need food,  water,  air,  and protection
from threatening  weather---then our sexual needs could be
met by objective relationships between us and  appropriate
sex  objects which we could use to meet our needs.    Then
those  sex  objects  could  properly  be  prostitutes  and
spouses of convenience,  and so could be properly:   sold,
exchanged,   controlled,   owned,  given,  taken,   raped,
ignored,  etc.   The latter behaviors  are  rooted  in our
conceptions  regarding the nature of human  sexuality  and
will  not  cease  so  long as we  keep  our  dysfunctional
conceptions regarding the nature of human sexuality.    An
overlay of  laws, injunctions, prohibitions, moral/ethical
codes,  and their like  will  not  correct the  misleading
aspects  of  our conceptions regarding the nature of human
sexuality.

     Wise   conceptions  regarding  the  nature  of  human
sexuality must take into consideration the following:

     1.  Sexual   relationships  are  personal   reflexive
relationships,   not  relationships  between  persons  and
objects  which may be used and abused upon the  choice  of
one participant in each relationship.

     2.  Sexual  relationships are likely to be  unhealthy
if   there  is  a  significant  power  imbalance   between
participants.

     3.  Sexual  relationships are likely to be  unhealthy
if  there  is  a preoccupation  with  issues  of  control,
ownership,  exclusivity,  or perfection on the part of any
participant.
                                                                                                                               
                         (c) 2005 by Paul A. Smith in      
                    (On Being Yourself, Whole and Healthy)  
                                                                                                                               
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