The Purpose of Sex

I believe sex has three purposes which are in harmony with nature. They are in order:
1. Procreation (Natural)
2. Relationship Maintenance (Feminine)
3. Recreation (Masculine)

The two most basic needs of all living things are nutrition and reproduction. We can reason from nature the telos of sex is the act of producing offspring. Men have reproductive organs and women have complimentary reproductive organs. The first purpose of these organs is to reproduce. We would not need these organs to perform any of their other function; which makes these other functions secondary. The male organ is also part of the urinary tract, but women don’t require a penis as part of their urinary tract. The male organ can provide him with pleasure. Women also have an organ for pleasure which is not required for intercourse. Reproductive organs are, the way they are, for reproduction. Most all animals only have sex to reproduce.

As human beings we have a need to maintain our relationships. Only human beings can produce more children than a mother is able to rear. Non-human babies are almost full grown before their mother could possible produce another baby. A human baby is born extremely under developed. Even in the most primitive societies a human would reach the age of fourteen before they could truly care for themselves. In those fourteen years, a mother could have 13 more children. She needs help. Help gathering food and help protecting the children. Non-human females are moving around quit well, as are the new babies, within minutes of birth. A human mother is almost helpless for a week or two after child birth. She needs help. Help gathering food, help protecting her other children, help protecting her self. There is a need for humans to maintain their relationship. Sex creates and maintains that parental bond.

Sex also feels good and provides pleasure. It is great fun. I can only assume it is fun to encourage people to do it in order to maintain the parental bond.

The affluence and technology of the west has allowed us to stand the purpose for sex on its head. The order today seems to be:
1. Recreation
2. Relationship Maintenance
3. Procreation
This seems to be the opposite of the purpose of sex mainly because there are lots of ways to have fun, and we can have close relationships with siblings, friends, and parents without having sex with them. Reproduction can only come from sex.