Sex

Sex isn't overrated, but it is overemphasized.

Sex, when done right and with the right person, is A M A Z I N G. So when someone remarks that sex is overrated a song lyric comes to mind "Some say the sex is overrated but they just ain't doing it right". I'm inclined to agree.

Not only does sexual activity release endorphins in our brain that produce immeasurable amounts of happiness and pleasure, but it also serves to create bonds between individuals when done repeatedly over time.

Sex is a beautiful way to express love to someone.

But the science of sex and an orgasm is what's remarkable. Forgive me if I intersperse slang in with scientific discourse. When things get going, get busy, when you're hitting that right, smainging, or just plain fucking, your genitals send electrical impulses along the pelvic, hypogastric and pudendal nerves which then travel up your spinal chord alerting your brain of what's going on. Your brain in turn decides to release neurotrophins and generate signals to increase blood flow, release fluids, etc. And all of this continues to build up until you finally a) stop or b) experience that mind tingling, body paralyzing, soul numbing feeling of an orgasm.

Ah yes, the orgasm. Many advancements have been made in the field of neuroanatomy yet still very little is definitively known about the orgasm. Scientists have observed via brain imaging technology that at the time of orgasm a part of your brain known as the nucleus accumbens shows increased activity.

Why is this significant? The nucleus accumbens in also referred to as the reward center of the brain. Want to know what else makes your nucleus accumbens light up like a Fourth of July fireworks show? Cocaine, chocolate, and music just to name a few.

Obviously that's got to mean something. Sex, cocaine, chocolate and music all make the reward center of your brain go bananas. Pleasure, pleasure, pleasure, pleasure.

Sigh. All of that being said, I repeat again, I do not think sex is overrated. But in our society is it slightly overemphasized? Yeah, I think so.

Sex is fucking fantastic and your brain is inclined to agree with you. But there's also much much much more to life and love, than just sex.