The nature of sex!

Sex is natural desire that all humans feel. Though we all get sexual urges, there are particular places and times for sex, however when the urge strikes, one must find a way to expiate there sexual frustration. I do believe people use other alternatives to sex such as exercising , eating, or even playing an instrument. I believe that if you try to abstain from sex for all of your life it is fighting against nature, you are trying to fight against something that you were given the "instruments" for. Another thing is that sex is on peoples minds (maybe not 24/7) but that is the reason why it appeals to us so much. We may unconsciously have sex on the mind and when we see it on TV/ or in movies we can relate to it and even get stimulated by it.
I don't think that everything relates back to sex as Freud may have implied , but it is a part of human nature. It is interesting to talk about this topic in NHN because I am talking about the same topic in another course. In my class we are talking about how sex actually came to be a public thing. Parents in the 1950's did not talk about sex with their children and made it seem like it was something awful. Sexual references or actions were not allowed on TV and it wasn't even talked about in schools. Many teenagers rebelled against their parents as soon as the music of Rock and Roll was introduced, because hey! It is music that involves sexual movement. We then saw how these people became sexually aware of their environment even though parental figures tried to suppress it. Sex is natural and it is something that should be done , like everything, in moderation.

To be Human is to want

It seems that it is human nature to want, to have desires, to yearn for things. Freud says "We think that we could be happier if our every whim was satisfied...that idea of continual sense gratification seems a delusion.Our desires are insatiable, for as soon as one is satisfied , another takes its place. Part of the secret of happiness is to learn to be content with what one has, not to seek for more than life can offer." I agree with this statement from the "Who Are We" text (pg 178). The more things we want and the more things we get is the unhappier we will be. Desires/ ants aren't easy to get rid of because whenever you do get what you "really want" you will see (desire) something you "really really want." It seems that in this day and age people are hardly satisfied with their necessities and must have the things that they want in order to survive. Why is that though? Why is it so hard to not want anything? Is it because we live in a complex world where having something makes you "better" than the other person? Is life an on going never ever ending competition of I have this now I am better than my neighbor, then the neighbor sees it and desires it? Do not look for or try to gain things that is not necessary for survival if it means you being really unhappy and missing out on life until you get it. It is going to be a never ending cycle, and then guess what.....you die. Then when you die what happens to your 5 houses and 8 cars, it gets donated, given away or if your very possessive buried with you? All the things that you desire and working yourself up for and being unhappy about is going to be here after you die, so why kill yourself trying to gain material stuff and miss out on living? I don't think I will ever understand.