What is it about sex that makes the world go round? Yes, we know it sells, why? What is it about sex that makes it a basis of a lot of relationships? Why in the world does it warrant all these synonyms? Intercourse, romp, Bleep, shag, making-love, doing the deed, jiggy and my personal favourite.... coitus, just to name a few. What the hell is it that is so important?

In this day and age, it seems to account for 80 percent of the surface Web and its illegal cousin, child porn, better known as Hard Candy for the experienced, winks. (that wink means absolutely nothing!... sigh, I hope am not on some list now). Anyways, Hard Candy reigns supreme in the deep Web, away from the auspice of a certain office in the FBI (they don't see everything.. hmmph). This just goes to prove that we are sexual beings, products of sex. Slaves, of...sex?

We could dial back to popular axioms like "use what you have to get what you want" to rationalise it as a currency of some sort. A means to an end which unusually almost usually results in gross advantage being taken of a certain party. Or we could just tip the scale with "it's the world's oldest profession" and be done with it (call it a day and sip some pinot noir.... I'm done with crumpets, hopefully).

We could also! ... say that the Homo Erectuses that scientists believe are our genetic ancestor got bored, in the absence of Facebook, Twitter, Playstations and basically everything that keeps us company today, got their freak on a lot to make up for the free time that they had. This apparent habit led to the build-up of libido, which is the constant urge to have sex and this has been maintained through the years. The idea of us loving sex because a couple of cavemen couldn't keep their hands off themselves doesn't sound all that attractive ei?... it really doesn’t.

But regardless, the importance or better put, the presence of sex in our society can never be overemphasised. Some circles have ostracised it, embellished it. Even a number of religions have made it a 'filthy' and 'adulterous' act. 'Giving in to the wants of the flesh' they call it, so they turn their noses against it and ignore it, wishing it would go away.

No, sex won't go away. And the overly simplistic but often avoided process of sex education is very important. I read somewhere that a married couple went to counselling after a few years of marriage because they were having difficulty getting pregnant just to discover they were not 'doing it right' (No, I kid you not). This example is laughable and sad at the same time.

Apparently, we also really need to bring down the age for sex education from the budding adolescents approaching puberty, to the 5-7 year olds who are most likely to experience molestation and abuse. Accounts from previously abused adults state that they almost always have no idea what is going on and they have a nagging feeling that they have done something wrong. Parents really should teach their children to speak up when that Uncle or Aunty is touching them 'somewhere'.

So what really causes much ado about sex? It is simple, sex is a currency. Almost labelled 'illicit' in society. Some refuse to deal in it because they believe it besmirchs, while others can't do without it. It is a global currency that transcends language barriers, only body language and everybody has theirs to spend. Well, Spend wisely.

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