Sources of Sexual Fantasies
SYNOPSIS:
Why do Monica Lewinsky
and Bill Clinton enjoy oral sex?
The answer may lie in their sexual
imprinting.
Our sexual responses often seem mysterious
even to ourselves.
We may feel that our 'sex-drives' possess
us rather than we possessing them.
This cyber-sermon will outline a new hypothesis
which may be one step toward a comprehensive
theory of human sexuality.
Older theories have tried to explain our
sexual responses
either in terms of our biological heritage—animal
sexuality—
or in terms of social learning—the way we
develop most behaviors.
But the sex-script
hypothesis presents a third possible explanation:
Our internal sexual responses may have been
imprinted
into us at an early age.
During certain critical periods in our psycho-sexual
development,
particular images, stories, and sexual responses—our
"sex-scripts"—
were imprinted in our brains more or less
at random.
And these sexual fantasies remain with us
for the rest of our lives.
A basic analogy
that may help us understand sexual imprinting
is the phenomenon of acquiring
a native language.
When we were infants, we quickly and permanently
acquired our first language.
It seems that the "language-file" is open
for such imprinting
only during the first few months of life.
We do not know just
when the human "sex-file" is opened for imprinting,
but we may be able to identify specific
events
which had a remarkably permanent impact
on our sexual responses.
Much more research is needed to explore
the possible connection between
adult sexual responses and sexually-imprinting
events in childhood.
OUTLINE:
I. INTRODUCING THE SEX-SCRIPT HYPOTHESIS
II. THE EVOLUTIONARY BACKGROUND OF HUMAN SEX-SCRIPTS
III. SEXUAL IMPRINTING AT CRITICAL
PERIODS
IN PSYCHO-SEXUAL DEVELOPMENT
IV. THREE LEVELS OF SEX-SCRIPTS
V. VARIETIES OF SEX-SCRIPTS
VI. IDENTIFYING OUR OWN SEX-SCRIPTS
VII. HOMOSEXUAL SEX-SCRIPTS
VIII. THE IMPACT OF SEX-SCRIPTS ON OUR RELATIONSHIPS
IX. TRANSCENDING OUR SEX-SCRIPTS
AUTHOR:
James Park is an existential
philosopher and sexologist.
This cyber-sermon is based on a book-in-process
to be called
The Sex-Script
Hypothesis:
Toward a Comprehensive
Theory of Human Sexuality.
A synopsis and outline for each of the 11
chapters
will appear if you click the following URL:
http://www.tc.umn.edu/~parkx032/syn-sex.html
Much more information
about James Park
will be found on his home page:
An
Existential Philosopher's Museum.
Bibliography on Sex-Scripts:
If you would like to read some
books
supportive of the sex-script hypothesis,
go to this URL:
http://www.tc.umn.edu/~parkx032/B-SEX-SC.html
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