Your affections are
A sick man's appetite,
Who desires most that
Which would increase his evil.
Shakespeare.

Columnist Sharon Leach is bold. She wrote a two-piece column (or story) titled, 'Confessions of a whore'. Whether it be truth or fiction, I know not, neither do I care, although it just seems too real to be fabricated. What I do know is that if I had written such a piece, the women's groups plus my Harpy frantic, frenetic, furious, female friends would scratch my eyes out. But women can do almost anything and get away with it.
Still, Sharon's article spoke volumes about human sexuality, the lust and desires of man and the power of a woman's sexuality. After all, a whore does have immense power. She can walk into a room with nothing and leave with a wad of money. Which man can do that? And depending on how good she looks or how desperate the man is, she can demand, dictate and get almost any amount that she decrees.

Very few men have that power over women, and that's why sex is the ultimate weapon of mass destruction (WMD). That term is now so in vogue since that war in Iraq, that it's almost become a humorous cliché that we'd find funny if so many people weren't dying. Even worse is that none were found, but that's for others to write about.

Forget about the bombs, chemicals and biological warfare, it's sex that's the ultimate WMD. Even our kids are now being affected. There was a time when children had no clue what sex was. I certainly didn't until I hit high school, and even then it was shrouded in mystery. Nowadays, children as young as three and four are fully aware and even talk openly about sex.

Only recently a lady told me how this four year-old told her why his father left his mother, "Because of her whoring ways and she have too much man". This, from a four-year-old.
Perhaps it's the environment, maybe it's access to cable tv; whatever, no four-year-old should be so exposed that he can talk like that. I also know some six- and seven-year-olds who could teach you a thing or two as they talk about dating, kissing and other amorous activities. Listen to some young preteens as they talk about feeling 'hot'. I was surprised to read recently where a 14-year-old was arrested for rape. Now what does a 14-year-old know about rape? Clearly more than enough.

Pornography lives, and don't think that it's new either, as what is now called porn has been found etched with graphic detail on cave walls from the dawn of man. It evolved to papyrus, paper, magazines, books, photographs, video, film, movies and DVDs. And before you get pious with your righteous indignation, just remember that pornography is arguably the world's largest industry that transcends all borders, classes, colour, race, creed and religion.

As for religion, only last week this priest overseas was defrocked and arrested for having a huge collection of pornographic material. It's on cable, and it draws your curiosity. It makes you want to watch, to peep into the lives of other people's sexuality and compare it to yours. Sex scenes in movies draw a bigger box office and actresses are paid more to bare their breasts or go nude than for their acting skills, and we pay more to go see them. Whenever anyone famous is videotaped having sex and it gets out, it's circulated on the Internet like wildfire. It's the ultimate weapon and is even used in blackmail. "Michael, I have a tape of you having sex with your secretary, pay me $200,000 or I'll circulate it." If anyone has any tape of me having sex feel free to circulate it, as I sure need the endorsement.

When couples date it's the sexuality that keeps the evening going. It's the fire in his loins that keeps him interested and she knows this and uses it to her advantage. If he knows from the outset that she has no plans to have sex with him ever, then he certainly isn't going to spend his money on an evening of dinner and a movie, or waste his time. It's the sex, that weapon that women have, that keeps him going, and coming back for more. No man is going to pursue a woman without sex in mind, and she knows this, even though a few play dumb. No man is going to marry a woman that he's not sexually attracted to, unless he's an idiot or he's past it and only wants companionship.

A groom thinks about the honeymoon with eager anticipation, but she's cool, as she already has it mapped out. She has her weapon and knows how to use it. She can show it, tease with it, give it or take it away. "Hey, give me a call, if you're good I'll think about giving you something later." Sex is given and sex is taken away, blessed be the ultimate WMD.

If it wasn't the ultimate WMD, then women wouldn't use it the way that they do. They have it down so pat that even they themselves aren't aware that they're using it as a weapon. It comes so naturally. "Sex, is that all you can think about? Here it is my dog died and all you can think about is sex?" If my dog died, I would want plenty loving, nurturing and lots of sex to ease the pain. When women get angry with men, they withhold sex. If they are upset, they withhold sex. If their girlfriend is upset with her man and you take his side, they withhold sex, for, "All a oonoo is de same, I'm going to my bed". If you scold the child too hard, they withhold sex and may even sleep in the child's room for a few nights for good measure. If they feel that you're up to something, they withhold sex, and if you are up to something and they find out, it's no sex...forever.

If you forget a birthday, anniversary or anything in her life, she withholds sex. If you flirt with her friend, or she thinks that you have, it's no sex. Whatever you do or don't do, women have the ultimate WMD and can unleash it, or store it away for further use.

Men have no such power, and that's why many men will resort to begging it, pleading for it, renting it, buying it, paying for as much as a house, an SUV, a box lunch, just to get it. But even then, he still has to shell out something. That's why Sharon Leach's story is so intriguing. It shows the power of the whore and the frailty and vulnerability of the man. This power will draw the man away from his woman to seek solace in the arms or legs of another. How often have we heard the question, "But what is a man like him with him big house and fancy car doing buying a whore?" It's because of the power, the power that the wife has either used too well or lost, or the sexual power of the new lover. It's the ultimate WMD.

Nobody, man or woman, strays because of intellect, it's all about the sex. No man looks at a woman and thinks, "Hmm, she looks bright, must be an MBA, I really must have her." It's sex that is the ultimate WMD.

Samson was the strongest man, but it was the ultimate WMD that did him in. Even the promise of sex is powerful, as many men have learnt the hard way. It's sex why people cheat, sex why people lie, sex why people will brave danger and park at dark spots or visit sleazy hotels. It's sex why rich men like Kobe, Tyson, Clinton, get in trouble. This ultimate weapon dominates. Read Dr Heather Littlewhite, read Dear Pastor, listen to FAME's Uncensored or Irie FM's Sexwise, read the scandal papers, the tabloids, the more lurid the lines, the more the sex sizzles, the more our interest is piqued. Now, sadly, because of sex, mankind is on the verge of extinction. Sex, it's the ultimate WMD and we are all casualties. More time.

Footnote: How wonderful sport is, made even more so by its unpredictability. There is no sure thing. The vaunted star-studded Jamaican cricket team couldn't even make the semifinals of a curry goat series, the Boston Red Sox whipped the New York Yankees, and from three games down too. The great LA Lakers got trounced by a no-name team, the expensive multi-million dollar Real Madrid football team can't win anything, boxer Roy Jones got knocked out again. 'Looks good on paper', 'shouldn't lose' 'underdogs'. Rubbish! Nothing is certain in sport, and that's why they play the game.

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