Yea...I'm slipping this bit about sex in between a string of posts about my Aitkaf experience precisely because I wanna convey one message. It's not that dirty, folks. Now I can understand why premarital and adulterated -- excuse the pun and the horrible horrible slaughter of grammar -- sex is outlawed in Islam, but let's talk about it, shall we? Let's be open and fair and prod this creature called taboo right in its hiny, see what we can make of it! So what about sex, you ask, a bit shakily, a bit nervous. I close my eyes and groan. 'Cuz you know, buddy. You do, and yet you pretend ignorance. Sex is important from a human POV. It's healthy (as long as you keep yer damned fetishes to yerself!), it's a stress reliever, and it's important for conception...but most of all, it's a part of you. Like eating and pooping... Our society is male-dominated, no question about it. So is our Western counterpart, although the majority of their populace doesn't ...