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INHIBITED SEXUAL DESIRE: THE IMPORTANCE OF SEX
If you believe as most people do that the vast majority of today's men and woman are in hot pursuit of sex, enjoy it immensely, and engage in it as often as they reasonably can, experiencing even mild ISD is bound to be extremely disturbing to you. After all, everywhere you look, you see more evidence that you are not "normal." It seems so obvious to you that your sexual activities are less exciting and less frequent than the sex you read or hear about constantly. You don't want sex as much or as often as everyone else seems to. You must be missing something, because you certainly don't enjoy it the way other people do. In fact, you can think of at least a dozen things you'd rather do than have sex!
Logically, you conclude that there is something terribly wrong with you, and naturally you make a valiant effort to "fix" the problem trying harder, scheduling time for sex, having sex because you think you should even though you don't really want to, and carefully critiquing your every move and reaction. Sex becomes a stressful and nerve racking chore. Not surprisingly, your desire, instead of increasing, decreases further creating a snowball effect that leaves you and your partner even more confused, angry, frustrated, and frightened.
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Pharmacy Information
SEXUALITY DEFINED: PAGAN-POLYTHEISTIC INFLUENCES - ROMAN SEXUALITY
Although there is reasonable agreement among most authorities regarding the characteristics of Greek sexuality, Roman customs and values are a matter of considerable debate. Conventional wisdom holds that the Roman society was as sexually promiscuous as the Greek; and it is popularly believed that the collapse of the Roman Empire was due, in no small part, to the sexual excesses of its citizens (Canter, 1963). These views have been challenged, however, on the grounds that the sexual excesses of Roman society have been greatly exaggerated and that the accounts of these events are biased and inaccurate (Bullough, 1976). Whatever the actual case, certainly Roman culture was more complicated and multidimensional than Greek society. The Roman Empire endured for a relatively long period of time; and, whereas the Greeks retained their beliefs and customs, Roman culture changed in the light of the changing empire and in the face of continuous exposure to other cultures.
The Romans, of course, shared the polytheistic religion of the Greeks, as well as the sexuality of their deities. Thus, they shared the Grecian religious approval of sex. As Grimal states:
To love was to obey the gods and achieve one of the requisites of the human condition. Chastity could be required by religious rites in certain cases, but it was not a good thing in itself; not even a desirable thing; it was rather an impairment of what was good and desirable for among the gifts of the gods to man, love is always to be found. [Grimal, 1967, p. xiii]
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