Many people have always said that 'Money is power' however, it is my belief that Sex is power. Sex has been the oldest profession known to man. Money has been what gives power , yes, however, this is mainly a male ideology. Yet, to me it was sex that allows you to have power over people, it can give fire for blackmail and it can also allow you to gather secrets.
However, I haven't come up with this idea without a shred of anecdotal evidence. I grew up in a traditionalist house. The kids were fed before Dad got home from work and dinner was on the table ready always. Even when Mum wasn't there to get it ready for him to walk in one of the kids would do it. Even if Dad would get in at 10:30pm. My mum married her first long-term boyfriend. My grandfather has always had dinner served for him, if my nan were to drop off of the face of the earth and he would starve. So in my family everything is like time stopped in the 1950s and that includes the morals which should be adopted by every member of the family. And one of those is be virgin until your married. However, sex if you use it right can be just as powerful when toying with people with the thought of sex or the denying of sex as the actual act. It also allows women to have power which contradicts things which only 30 years ago believed in. Because before 30 years ago it was believed that sex was mainly for the benefit of men and women get barely any satisfaction from it. Men demanded sex and raped their wives. It wasn't until the 1990s in England where it became illegal for spousal rape.
So there it is, sex has both negative and positive powerful representations when it comes to power.
However, I haven't come up with this idea without a shred of anecdotal evidence. I grew up in a traditionalist house. The kids were fed before Dad got home from work and dinner was on the table ready always. Even when Mum wasn't there to get it ready for him to walk in one of the kids would do it. Even if Dad would get in at 10:30pm. My mum married her first long-term boyfriend. My grandfather has always had dinner served for him, if my nan were to drop off of the face of the earth and he would starve. So in my family everything is like time stopped in the 1950s and that includes the morals which should be adopted by every member of the family. And one of those is be virgin until your married. However, sex if you use it right can be just as powerful when toying with people with the thought of sex or the denying of sex as the actual act. It also allows women to have power which contradicts things which only 30 years ago believed in. Because before 30 years ago it was believed that sex was mainly for the benefit of men and women get barely any satisfaction from it. Men demanded sex and raped their wives. It wasn't until the 1990s in England where it became illegal for spousal rape.
So there it is, sex has both negative and positive powerful representations when it comes to power.
