Remember the old fable? And what about the saying: "Clothes maketh the man." I've always thought that was a silly idea, after all they're only clothes... But are they?

What if no-one wore clothes? What if world leaders had to negotiate naked? What if puffed up politicians had to discard their suits and ties? What if strutting generals had to dispense with their buttons and braid?

Is nudity the great leveller? Could it be that the key to world peace is not world disarmament but world... disrobement?

And what about your boss going off at the mouth, or that cop who just gave you a ticket? Try this: Undress them in your mind. Better still, imagine them masturbating. (They do, you know.) Suddenly the balance of power will seem better balanced.

Just another... wild thought.
 

Have you ever come across that old story (from ancient Greece, I think) where the women got together and ended a war? And they did it without resorting to force or weapons of any kind.

Here's how: They simply refused to have sex until the men stopped fighting!

Would it work today?

Imagine this enormous power if employed universally (the secret to the success of the ancient Greek women) and applied not only to ending armed conflict but to ending human rights abuses, political and corporate corruption etc?

Just another... wild thought.
 

According to my studies of the research, a large majority of women say that when they masturbate, arousal and orgasm occur easily and quickly. In fact, just as easily and quickly as for most men.

Therefore it must be the presence of a partner that slows things down. Why?

Poor technique? Lack of communication? Modesty? Guilt? I will answer that question with another:

If there really is a great difference between the responses of women and men, how much is due to physiology and how much is due to psychology - religious influences, cultural conditioning?

Just another... wild thought.
 

I was in my car the other day listening to the radio. The interviewer was talking to a researcher who explained that early last century the most popular natural contraceptive was... the humble lemon!

Okay. Okay. When you finish rolling around laughing I'll continue? Are you ready? Good.

You see, before having sex, women would cut a lemon in half, squeeze most of the juice out of it then place the half lemon high in their vagina much like a cervical cap.

Quirky? Stay with me. Lemon juice kills sperm. Not only that... according to the researcher, lemon juice kills the AIDS virus!

Unlike contraceptive pills and anti-viral drugs, which people in the poorer countries simply can't afford, lemons are very cheap.

Could the solution to over-population and AIDS be that simple?

Think about this: The Americans spent millions developing a pen that would write in the weightless
environment of space. Russian cosmonauts used a pencil.

Just another... wild thought. 
 

Consider a world without jealousy. Would it be a better place? How many murders, assaults, even wars stem from this "natural" human trait? 

Ah, you say, "But it's obviously just a another manifestation of the instinct to propogate the species. 
Some turkey tries to take my woman, or my man he/she's dead meat." 

But on this planet there are plenty of women and men 
to go around. That turkey is no threat to the species, just a threat to your ego. And taken to the extreme, acts of jealousy become acts of genocide. How does genocide propogate the species? 

Acts of jealousy are often claimed to be acts of love: 
"He loved her so much he killed her in a jealous rage." 

Hang on. Is that love... or hate? 

Doesn't loving someone mean wanting them to have 
pleasure and happiness? Is it really love if we want 
them to have pleasure and happiness... so long as it's 
only with us? 

Just another... wild thought.
 

ALL women LOVE cunnilingus. (Okay, maybe a few don't... but I'm talking about those who have actually 
tried it). 

ALL men LOVE fellatio. (No dispute? I thought so.) 

The problem is, not all men love cunnilingus and even fewer women love fellatio! 

Surely, surely, SURELY there's great potential here. Just think how much happier we'd all be if these two 'loves' could be brought into sync? 

Just another... wild thought.
 

Who doesn't enjoy pampering their body and senses by taking a luxurious bath alone, or eating a nutritious meal alone, or strolling in the forest alone? Do we think badly of ourselves or others for enjoying pleasures such as these? 

So what is it with masturbation? Why all the guilt and 
remorse? If we weren't meant to give ourselves sexual 
pleasure wouldn't nature have placed our genitals 
between our shoulder blades? 

Just another... wild thought. 

* My short story Sex Scam explores the origins of  our guilt about sexual self pleasure. You'll find it in  the Taste for Pleasure collection.
 

Have you noticed how disinterested in sex you become straight after sex? (Or is it just me?) 

Sometimes, lying there spent and mellow, I reflect on this and can't help thinking what a strange, funny and even ridiculous thing the sex instinct is. 

That thought soon passes and the familiar need returns as strong and urgent as ever. Then I can't help marvelling at what a strange, wonderful and even miraculous thing the sex instinct is! 

Just another... wild thought.
 

If, as many insist, sexual expression is natural only as a physical manifestation of love, why are we so often sexually attracted to people we've never set eyes on before, let alone love?

Just another... wild thought.
 

Consider the following passage from the e-novel, Interlude:

Roger had read about women who were afraid of letting go, of  losing control, especially in the presence of men. After listening to Kim at dinner, talking about the female libido, he wondered if the reason might be a fear, perhaps unconscious, of becoming enslaved to their own insatiability and therefore to men. What control would women have over men without their so-called female mystique, their maddening desirability tempered by fickle availability? 

Is Roger onto something?

Just another... wild thought.
 

'Sleeping with' and 'making love' might be the most wrongly used terms in the English language? Often these words are used to describe activities that have nothing to do with love or sleep.

How often have you heard something like: "We made love but I don't even like him." Or: "I  slept with Rhonda. We made love all night. Didn't get a wink of sleep." 

It seems we'll go to any lengths to avoid saying simply: "We had sex."

Just another... wild thought.

PS: My short story "Sex Scam" explores the reasons for our sexual fears and inhibitions. 
 

Sure, sex is everywhere these days and people lose their innocence (or ignorance) at a younger age. But was it really healthier when they had to skulk around like criminals to learn the 'facts of life'?

Just another... wild thought. 
 

Female arousal is seldom referred to as an erection, but perhaps it should be. This wouldn't diminish a woman's femininity; it would simply acknowledge that while men and women are sexually complementary, nature has also endowed them with sexual equality. 

Cultural tradition is the real threat to equality. For example: have you noticed how, when referring to men, the textbooks speak of 'engorgement' and 'erection', but often when referring to women, they use negative terms such as 'swelling' and 'congestion'? 

Just another... wild thought. 

PS: My short story "Sex Scam" explores our sexual traditions and inhibitions.