For this special expedition into our erotic wild side, Tasia transforms my Womb Room into a fantasy jungle filled with ferocious stuffed animals, a gentle live snake, some trouser snakes, NatGeo\u2019s famous Expedition Wild \u201canimal whisperer,\u201d porn stars gone wild, naked ladies, pretty pussies, horny dogs, cuddly bears, expeditionists, exhibitionists, lovers and friends, all of us (as I often say) \u201cChildren of Sex.\u201d Indeed, we\u2019re all Children of Animal Sex (humans being animals), having evolved from other animals and being related to all the creeping, leaping, flying, sprinting, swimming critters of the world. Listen free and learn to free your inner animal, your erotic wild side that is usually repressed by society\u2019s attempts to \u201ccivilize\u201d our prehistoric sexual nature (see Sex at Dawn). Not that I\u2019m recommending that anybody toss out their wedding rings, iPads, insulin or ethics (although some animals\u2014especially bonobos\u2013can be rather ethical). But I think it helps to recognize our animal nature and, under certain special circumstances\u2014like when you\u2019re with someone you love and trust or when you\u2019re in BonoboVille\u2014it\u2019s erotically healthy to release the sexy beast within.<\/p>\n
I almost called this show Expedition Love since love for animals and each other is a running theme, as well as the last name of one of our guests, and in the midst of all the sex partying and Sybian-riding, the seed of real romance appears to have been planted. I won\u2019t name names yet, as these are very special seeds indeed, and the little love bud that seems to have sprouted needs private attention before being exposed to the often harsh light of society.<\/p>\n
Speaking of special kinds of love, this show is dedicated to the memory of one of my longterm inspirations in life, literature, politics and sex: Gore Vidal. \u201cI never miss an opportunity to have sex or appear on television,\u201d the late great political exhibitionist sayeth, to which I reply Amen and Awomen. Sex and television are super fun, as long as you don\u2019t take either too seriously.<\/p>\n
Vidal is also famous for proclaiming that \u201cThere is no such thing as a homosexual or a heterosexual person. There are only homo- or heterosexual acts. Most people are a mixture of impulses if not practices.\u201d Many non-human animals are too. Both female and male bonobos are notoriously bisexual, and gay and bisexual activity has been documented among lions, giraffes, African elephants and American bison, to name a few. Male grey whales have been observed engaging in \u201cpenis fencing,\u201d like male bonobos\u2014not to mention some guys\u2014do. Male Amazon river dolphins engage in anal, genital and blowhole penetration, giving a whole new meaning to the term \u201cblowjob.\u201d There\u2019s a rainbow of sexual diversity in the wild, as there is in any human neighborhood.<\/p>\n
So many of my sex therapy clients need to relax and enjoy sex, or \u201cget up\u201d the courage to pursue sexual opportunities, without \u201cover-thinking.\u201d It\u2019s funny how often the answer lies in releasing the wild animal within from the cage of our neuroses.<\/p>\n
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