Sex Is the Very Basic Problem

“Sex is the very basic problem. And all the habits that man has created are basically sex-oriented. That’s why no society allows total sexual freedom.

“All the cultures that have existed — sophisticated, unsophisticated, Eastern, Western, primitive, civilized — all cultures have tried in some way to control the sexual energy of man. It seems to be the greatest power over man. It seems that if man is allowed total freedom about sex, he will simply destroy himself.

“Skinner reports about a few experiments he was doing with rats. He has invented a new theory, that electrodes can be put into the human or animal brain, attached to particular centers in the brain, and you just push a button and that center will be stimulated inside you.

“There is a sex center in the brain. In fact, you are more controlled by the sex center in the brain than the actual sex center of your body. That’s why fantasy works so well.

“That’s why pornography has so much appeal. Pornography cannot appeal to the sex center itself; it stimulates the brain center attached to the sex center. Once the mind is active, immediately the sex center, the physiological sex center, starts being active.

“Skinner fixed electrodes in rats’ brains and taught them how to push the button whenever they wanted sexual stimulation and an inner…