In a message dated 3/4/01 12:07:55 PM Eastern Standard Time, tavia@btinternet.com writes:

<< (LEAH:) If you stop having sex of any kind, you are not behaving in a natural fashion.<<

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Hmm. The 'natural' function of sex is procreation. So all sex without that

as its aim is 'unnatural' ? The one thing I've learned over the years is there's no such thing as normal in this area. >>

Like Neil, you appear to have misinterpreted my phrase. The subject matter I was discussion was complete abstention from addictive activities. My statement was clearly referring to 'cold turkey' (complete abstention from any kind of sex) as not the norm for most life forms, the human animal included. This is not to imply that people who choose not to have sex, or a certain kind of sex, are 'unnatural'. It simply means they are not behaving according to the usual norm of nature, with respect to their species.

Leah