Sex Without Love
...on the subject matter. To some people, sex is just a natural way to pleasure yourself and another. These people tend to be very open about sex and do not pass judgment on another's sexual affairs. Majority of the world however, bend towards the religious belief that sex is sacred; a gift from our creator to allow us to create life through ourselves. They regard sex as personal, private and destined to be shared but with one other person. History remembers for us, the consequences of premarital sex, adultery and prostitution. All of which were announced illegal, and women who engaged in such activities were destined to a death sentence. Such same judgment is still dominant in modern society, where prosititution is illegal, adultery in marriage
rewards the wronged party with damages and premarital sex that only constitutes to young, single mothers most surely fated to live on welfare for most of their lives.
For better or for worse, for carefree pleasure or intense love, these poets express their personal takes on casual sex. We first look at Marvell's "To His Coy Mistress", where he engages in coaxing a young girl into premarital sex. We then listen to Millay's ironic reminiscent longing for a love she never had, and yet had so many lovers, in "What Lips My Lips Have Kissed". And lastly, Olds' "Sex without love" where the passionate describes the selfish, methodical works of the ones who make love without love.
Marvell comes off as sweet and amiable at first with phrases such as, "...Love ten years before the flood, and you should, if you please, refuse till the conversion of the Jews..." in his poem, "To His Coy Mistress". Promising the young girl that he would love her a very long time before they ever engaged in intercourse. He continues on explaining to her that he would love her with or without sex, that he loves her so dearly he would be willing to...
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