Sex sells, And your sex cells make all the lost boys drool.

The title of my latest blog comes from a song by The Maine called "The Way We Talk" which if you continue to read only become more provocative, much like this book. When I began reading this book I was absolutely stunned by how much sex there was in the book. Sure it doesn't outright ever describe it but the fact that this kind of sleeping around was not only considered acceptable but encouraged was shocking. In fact when one of my friends who hadn't started the book yet asked me what it was about at the beginning I told her it was about a futuristic world where a bunch of insane people run around having sex with everybody else and doing whatever they want. At first I was disgusted and couldn't understand a world where this was so acceptable, but then I realized I'm living in it. My sister is currently watching TV behind me and she's hooked into the show Teen Mom. Among the other shows she watches are Sixteen and Pregnant, Jersey Shore, and The Secret Life of the American Teenager. I was hit by the realization that this fantasy world might not be such a fantasy after all. The only difference I can really see is that we mask our behavior behind the pretense of romance but that only complicates things. In this society they have eliminated that element making it as care free as possible. For me, I viewed this as horrible because I still find some value in romance, but for the thousands and thousands of people who just sleep around, this is probably a great idea. They might not admit to it right away, but deep down that's exactly what they hope for. Even being in high school I could name off countless people who basically do it with whoever with very little emotional attachment. Sex has become nothing more than a form of entertainment for some people now just as it was in the book. And if Huxley was so dead on about that what else could he be right about and what does that mean for our future or for that matter our present situation?