Is Sex Really All We Need?

What would happen if women were no longer around to tell men what to do?  What would happen if men were no longer around to do what they were told?  Would women meander about trying to find somebody to manage while men meandered about trying to find someone not to listen to?  And would they miss each other?  Women might miss men more than they’d be missed by men.  Guys would be fine as long as they had a beer, a newspaper, some toenail clippers, and the remote control.  But women might not fare too well in a world sans men, with no one around to supervise.  And if a man said something in the forest and a woman wasn’t there to hear him, would he still be wrong? 

Woud everyone be better off if women and men really did live totally separate lives?  There woud be no more battle of the sexes.  No more gender stereotyping.  No more feminist movement.  No more male chauvinist pigs.  No more Spin the Bottle, Twister, or sock hops either.  Of course that would mean the bon vivant box office leading men would be rendered redundant too.  No more Brad Pitt, George Clooney or Pierce Brosnan.  Oceans 1-47 and the enitre James Bond series would likely cease to exist.  And imagine Clark Gable in such a world.  I guess he’d have no choice but to declare, “Frankly Frank, I don’t give a damn!”  Oh the slings and arrows of dramatic dialogue.

But what about sex?  Who would men and women be attracted to?  Would everyone simply become homosexuals?  And what about marriage?  Maybe women would marry other women and men would tie the knot with other men.  Such a coupling might actually work, especially if one of them had full dental coverage.

There could be some sort of heterosexual vacation retreat destination where eager partipants could meet for a lttle pleasure in the boudior.  A trendy travel agency could offer eight-days/seven-nights sexy vacation packages to Horneyville.  Each trip could include a complimentary split of champagne with chocolate-covered strawberries and a package of ribbed Trojans in every room, all for just $6,969 per person based on double occupancy.

Or could men and women have no real need for sex anymore?  Maybe babies really could be delivered by a stork.  Better yet, each species could continue in perpetuity by simply ordering the next generation online.  In today’s high-tech, high-speed, I-can-do-anything-you-can-do world, if sex were no longer a factor in relationships, would women and men really need each other anymore for anything?     

Ron Stout has a B.A. in Psychology and an M.S. in Counseling & Human Development. He is an adjunct professor teaching college courses in Educational Psychology, Human Development, and Personal & Social Adjustment, and he is the author of the popular book Secrets From Inside The Clubhouse: What Men REALLY Think About Women.

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