The First Time

Conservatives are afraid of sex, and that is the bottom line regarding the conservative reaction to the political ad with Lena Dunham. I know I am late on this post, but here’s a link to the ad. I was never able to understand the disgust spouted by conservatives in reaction to this ad, and I cannot help but think of a great poet, Walt Whitman, who was not afraid to proclaim the power and far-reaching effects of sex:

A Woman Waits for Me

  A woman waits for me, she contains all, nothing is lacking,
  Yet all were lacking if sex were lacking, or if the moisture of the
      right man were lacking.

  Sex contains all, bodies, souls,
  Meanings, proofs, purities, delicacies, results, promulgations,
  Songs, commands, health, pride, the maternal mystery, the seminal milk,
  All hopes, benefactions, bestowals, all the passions, loves,
      beauties, delights of the earth,
  All the governments, judges, gods, follow'd persons of the earth,
  These are contain'd in sex as parts of itself and justifications of itself.

  Without shame the man I like knows and avows the deliciousness of his sex,
  Without shame the woman I like knows and avows hers.

For Walt, everything comes from sex. Ponder that statement for a while and see where it takes you.