DYK #Charlemagne (d.814) had to double the fines for self-#castration? The Catholic church taught people to hate their bodies—a lot. Many were very eager to free themselves of the #SexDrive & become #eunuchs for the #KingdomOfHeaven. HowSexGotScrewedUp.com #doctrine #HistSex

DYK the stronger #SexDrive of smarter animals overcomes fear of risks of mating? A male praying mantis is eaten & female bowerbird is gravely beaten after sex. Salmon expire! We ignore risks of pregnancy, punishment, scorn, & STIs. HowSexGotScrewedUp.com #QueerHistory #zoophilia

Sooo i don't know how people get horny and want to have sex or masturbate cause all i ever want to do is fucking sleep. #mastubate #sex #sexdrive #sleep #drunk

DYK in 1999, Bruce Bagemihl showed members of 100s animal species have more nonprocreative sex than procreative? Despite #CharlesDarwin, the #SexDrive is more about the desire to connect than desire to reproduce. Ghosts of #HistSex still haunt.

#Taboos make it hard to channel our #SexDrive the way society tries to shape it for us. Sexually uncomfortable, we take risks that may harm us or make us shameful. Understanding the #HistSex, we can get over it. Blog7 HowSexGotScrewedUp.com #QueerHistory #WmnHist #zoophilia

#Taboos snarl our most intimate efforts to balance our #SexDrive w/our #SelfControl. We want to be like the models our culture provides. If we fail, we don’t belong. If we don’t belong, we aren’t #sexy. If we aren’t sexy, our peers may see us repulsive—so may we. #GenderHistory