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Sex at dawn

When it comes to sex, we've got it all wrong, according to what's being touted as the most important book about sexuality since Kinsey.

By Hamish McKenzie In Commentary

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7th August, 2010
Here's the truth about sex: monogamy isn't natural, most libido-deprived marriages are no one's fault and we like to do it in groups. A new book says we have been at war with eroticism for centuries, suppressing biological imperatives while attempting to abide by a societal structure set down by religious, political and scientific forces that have misinformed us about our sexuality. In service of the monogamy myth, marriages have been needlessly broken, families torn apart and political leaders from Bill Clinton to Don Brash humbled and humiliated. "By insisting upon an ideal vision ...

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