skin: the ultimate sex organ
Posted on March 03, 2008Filed: Lifestyle
Lepers were shunned in ancient times partly because they were a contagious group, but more so because they had a repulsive appearance. Any serious skin condition is a signal to the observer that the other person has a problem: whatever the problem may be, the signal is negative, and attraction is not sparked. While we are much more sophisticated today about skin disorders there remains an innate negative quality about unattractive skin. This is mainly because of the sexual nature of skin. Skin is the largest and most visible sex organ in the body. All sexual activity starts with an initial attraction between partners, and without mutual attraction nothing else happens, or even matters as far as sex goes. Attractiveness is the alpha and omega of all sexual activity, an attribute in which nature has invested vast resources.
Plants and animals that reproduce sexually require some type of attraction mechanism to draw the male and female together. These mechanisms are of four basic types: chemical, visual, auditory and tactile. The higher the life form the more mechanisms employed by the organism. Mammals for example often use all four mechanisms, while lower forms may use only one, or two. The female firefly uses visual light signals, while female moths use a sexual scent called a pheromone. In this series we are concerned about the visual signals produced by the skin, though the skin also produces chemical signals which play a role as well. Many surveys show that sexual turnoffs are related to defects in skin and hair. In humans sexual attraction is mainly visual so our topic is how to maximize your attractiveness through healthy skin.
Our appearance, how others see us, is the key message that we send each time we meet an individual, long before we say a single word. Looking attractive and feeling good about how we look sends a powerful, positive message. Having an appreciation of the incredible wonder, beauty and excitement of life and can bring joy for many years to come.
