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Why Do Men Do So Much for Sex?
For context, I am a 36 year old Nigerian man, and this is a valid question.
Something that continues to confound me is Sex and the extent that men go to get it. I am not a prude, neither am I dishonest about my personal desires. I feel attraction and sexual impulse and I am neither far right hedonistic nor puritanical. I am what you’d describe as a moderate in most things. Yet, in this self-attired toga of moderation, I find the subject of the male valuation of sex grossly disproportionate to its seemingly glorious benefits.
If all masculine energy channeled towards sex since the dawn of civilization had been directed towards cracking the code of immortality, man-kind would probably be living forever by now. From human mating calls in the form of a display of wealth or aggression, to the eventual attainment of orgasm, men invest inordinate amounts of time and energy into getting laid. Men will lie, spend their life savings, lower their standards and drag themselves in the mud just for sex. They will work all their lives to accumulate wealth and power only to seek validation for their egos through sexual acquisition. History has seen kings desert their kingdoms for sex; or go to fight other nations and lay to waste entire communities just for knacks.
