Do people really think sex is needed to live?

[dickthegrouch]

19. When the entire media seems to be geared to saying how easy it is

And an individual's experience is the exact opposite (despite being physically attractive), I can imagine a certain confusion, or worse settling in.

Most TV commercials are sexual in nature. I hate watching them, I'm no prude but I consider them vulgar and crass.

When Pop stars pathetically try to outdo each other in broadcastable sexiness in their music videos, I cringe.

Sexualization has become a high art form. It is bound to have repercussions.

Rodger was not unattractive, however, it is not easy to get to know someone well enough to get intimate with them, and there is a great deal of anecdotal evidence to suggest that it is easy to "get laid". Clearly his experience was very different (perhaps as a result of his increasing(?) confusion/distress at apparently many rejections). I prefer to believe that many of the rejections I've had were due to the other guy sensing a mismatch in maturity levels . Perhaps Rodger hadn't figured out where he was going wrong yet. But it *IS* devastating to be rejected or ignored week after week after week when the media appears to show that it's so easy (Obviously I've been there, done that). I was 39 before I found the person I thought was my soul-mate. While I wasn't a virgin at 39, there have been movies about how pathetic 40 year-old virgins "should" be viewed as being.

At 23, 40 seems a long way off.

In no way do I condone his behavior, I'm adding some perspective, I hope