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Why is Everything About Sex Supposedly “Taught”?
Maybe some things are just natural.
We live in an age of social constructionalism. The self is something that is socially constructed. In other words, we are products of our social environment. This makes sense to me when talking about choices related to clothing or religious beliefs, but not when talking about gender and sexuality.
The thing is, humans have a biological as well as social connection to sexuality. We go through puberty. Our hormone levels increase and decrease at different points in our lives. Women menstruate and get pregnant. Men ejaculate and get erections. We react unconsciously to subtle signals such as smells.
Most importantly, men and women tend to have different approaches to sexuality. Yes, we are supposed to be “equal,” and we should not judge each other for sexual choices not typical for our gender. But men still enjoy casual sexual encounters much more than women. Men enjoy pornography more than women. Women, biologically speaking, have to worry more about pregnancy. And once they can no longer become pregnant, they do not suddenly start to enjoy casual sex.
And I suspect that science will one day show that these typical, although not universal, differences have a natural, biological basis.
