I’m just tired of hearing about it: the sexual orientations of elected officials; the vile behavior of politicians and entertainers.

I grant you, my personal experiences make me somewhat limited in my opinions.  Nevertheless, I think sex works best if it is for pleasure, affection, and families.  It should not be used to touch people who don’t want you to touch them or people who are too young to make this choice. Not because you are bored or drunk or high or in a position of power.

A possibly too-simple cause of vile and violent sexual behaviors may be too much testosterone. But what do I know?

One thing that continues to puzzle me is why some men want to display their genitalia to women.  Once, as I was paddling down the middle of the river, a man on the bank did this.  I pretended not to see him — any part of him — but I really wanted to pull out and ask him what his mother would think of his behavior and how would he like it if someone did this to his grandmother, whose age group I was certainly in.  But whenever you can, it’s generally best not to encourage folks by giving them attention for naughty behavior. I learned this teaching adolescents.

But naughty is not the same as vile or violent.  Sadly, we must focus attention on ridding our society of  these crimes.

How I wish sex could be about snuggling in by people who care about each other — or  at least who know each other’s names!