On Sunday, whilst at Jack's house, amongst many thoughts, there was one that suddenly struck me. It's not an original thought, and it certainly wasn't the first time that I had thought it, but I came to beg the question once more: "Who invented privacy, reservation, embarassment?" Particularly around the subject of sex.

I thought of how sex was a natural part of animal life, and we as animals are entitled, if not obligated for survival, to do it. And I thought of who it was that first demanded sex to be hidden, kept behind doors (or cave walls).

Wanting sex could, in some ways, be compared to wanting to sneeze (especially for a man). He grows erect, and has the inner urge to release some energy and some sperm, much like a fly buzzed into his nostril, he would have the inner urge to release some snot, to remove the fly. Something so natural as to want to achieve an orgasm... It seems odd that somewhere in time, a person decided to make it embarassing and secretive.

So, if at Jack's house on Sunday, he had grown the urge to ejaculate, why would it be so bad for me - in front of his family - to pull his trousers down and help him out? Apart from the fact that thousands of years of social boundaries and rules have prevented it from being possible? Why is sex in front of other people so frowned upon? Would you be genuinely upset at seeing a naked couple having sex if you had never been made to feel that it was socially unacceptable?

The only reason that I don't do any of these things is that it is socially unacceptable. I don't like to hurt other people. But it's a shame that it is so socially unacceptable, because perfect moments in life are missed because we forced such smothering rules on eachother to act in certain ways.

Imagine a life where you could happily masturbate in your office, surrounded by coworkers. Seems ridiculous, doesn't it? But it would only be the same as happily scratching an itch on your neck in front of your coworkers, if it weren't for the social laws and guidelines. Imagine a life where we hadn't been trained to find eachother's bodies offensive, where we could have communal toilets that didn't require cubicles - us all sitting and chatting as we relieve ourselves during lunch breaks at school and work.

The list of possibilities, if we could just shed this one hang-up, would be incredible.