Quite a few (maybe all) internet social networking sites ask you to say things that you like. Sometimes they are more specific and split the listing into books, films, TV, interests and so on.
It occurred to me a couple of days ago how we generally censor this list. Everybody relies on breathable air and drinkable water but we take those as universals, so we don't list them as an interest. In fact in developed countries we generally don't have an interest in these things until they are in short supply e.g. water takes on a higher importance when the reservoirs are running low and there are bans on certain uses of water.
But I wondered how many people list sex among their interests. I suspect that quite a lot of the users of social networking sites enjoy sex, take an interest in it (at least sufficient interest to prevent their partner getting sulky) and think about it. Maybe they even think about it in relation to attractive strangers they see. Maybe they read books and magazines that talk about it or describe it. Maybe they watch films and TV programs that feature sexual relations. As the saying goes 'sex sells'. And yet for all this interest, how many people are honest enough to explicitly put sex among their interests. Is it just a given, like water and air, or just something you don't say because you don't want others to think you are at least as interested as they are.
It would be fascinating to see a list of people's real interests - the ones that they spend most time thinking about.
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