Sane Mind in Sane Body: Love, Virginity, Sex, STD, Survival
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Abstract:
This article explores how sexual norms evolved from ancient times to today, focusing on the psychological, neurological, and psychiatric effects of virtuous coupling versus perverse behaviors like prostitution and pornography.
Grounded in Juvenal’s maxim "mens sana in corpore sana" (1st century CE), meaning a sane mind in a sane body, it contrasts healthy soulmate relationships with the destructive cycles of promiscuity, STDs, and family breakdown.
Prostitution and pornography were historically synonymous due to shared linguistic roots and ignorance of STDs. Brain changes from reckless virginity loss, societal failures like poor education, and possible degenerate influence on lax laws fuel these issues. Historical, biological, and psychological evidence backs this up.
1. Historical Foundations: A Sane Mind in Sane Body
The Roman poet Juvenal wrote "mens sana in corpore sana" (Satire X, 1st century CE), meaning a sane mind in a sane body, tying physical discipline to mental health.
Ancient Greece and Rome prized sexual restraint—virginity symbolized purity, and marriage stabilized society (Plato’s Symposium, 360 BCE; Lex Julia, 18 BCE). Ignorance of STDs blurred lines between prostitution and pornography, making them linguistically synonymous.
Greek terms like porne (prostitute) and porneia (sexual immorality) covered both transactional sex and public sexual displays, like hetaerae’s performances at symposia, akin to live porn (Liddell & Scott, 1843).
Roman scortum (prostitute) described both brothel workers and staged sexual acts (McGinn, 2004). These shared linguistic roots reflected their role as commodified, voyeuristic spectacles, spreading diseases like syphilis unknowingly, harming the sane body. Virtuous coupling supported mental well-being.
2. How the Brain Breaks After Promiscuous Virginity Loss
The brain’s reward system, driven by dopamine and oxytocin, shapes love and bonding. Losing virginity in a committed relationship boosts oxytocin, strengthening intimacy and pudicity (modesty), creating a lifelong “us” feeling (Young & Wang, 2004).
Promiscuous or random virginity loss spikes dopamine, numbing reward pathways and weakening oxytocin-driven attachment (Volkow et al., 2016).
This kills the inborn instincts for lifelong coupling, like those in monogamous animals, and erases the deep love virgins feel. Couples become detached, seeing relationships as “me and somebody else” for temporary convenience, not “until death do us part.”
This neurological damage fuels divorce, as partners lack the natural reflexes for lasting bonds (Fisher, 2016), contributing to a 50% U.S. divorce rate (CDC, 2023).
3. Psychological Roots of Soulmate Relationships
Mentally healthy people find soulmates through shared values and emotional connection. Attachment theory says secure individuals build lasting bonds, with 80% of secure couples reporting high satisfaction (Bowlby, 1969; Feeney, 2016).
Waiting until marriage for sex correlates with lower divorce rates (5% in traditional societies vs. 50% in the U.S.; Busby et al., 2010). Psychiatric studies show monogamy cuts anxiety and depression, keeping the mind sane (Kiecolt-Glaser & Newton, 2001). Stable families raise kids with fewer personality disorders (Amato, 2005).
4. Weimar Germany: Hub of Sexual Degeneracy
In the Weimar Republic (1919–1933), Germany became the capital of sexual degeneracy. Post-WWI poverty and despair fueled Berlin’s cabarets, legal prostitution, and early porn films (Jelavich, 2006).
Magnus Hirschfeld’s Institute for Sexual Research pushed liberal sexual ideas, normalizing deviance. Like Rome’s moral decline, rampant prostitution and drug use eroded society until Nazi crackdowns. This shows how chaos amplifies perversion, clashing with Juvenal’s ideal.
5. Origins of Sexual Perversion
Perversion began with deviations from procreative sex, notably through practices like fellatio and sodomy, pioneered in homosexual contexts. In ancient Greece and Rome, such practices were socially accepted, contributing to sexual deviance (Plato’s Symposium, 360 BCE).
Lacking a vagina as the anatomical opposite of a penis, same-sex partners developed non-procreative acts to accommodate identical genitalia (Havelock Ellis, 1901).
These practices, documented in ancient texts, marked early departures from reproductive norms, setting the stage for broader perversion. Such acts, driven by physicality over emotional bonding, undermined the sane body ideal.
6. Psychiatric Damage from Perversion
Perversion—sex deviating from procreation—drives prostitution and pornography. The $97 billion modern porn industry echoes Roman brothels’ exploitation (Shultz, 2020). Psychiatric research links childhood sexual abuse to borderline personality disorder and later sex work (Widom & Kuhns, 1996).
Porn’s violent content (88% of scenes; Bridges et al., 2010) breeds narcissistic and antisocial traits, harming the sane body (Zimbardo & Coulombe, 2015).
7. Pornography’s Role in Mental Illness and Divorce
Porn spikes dopamine, acting like a drug and impairing the brain’s decision-making center (Volkow et al., 2016). It increases divorce risk by 16% (Perry, 2018) and creates unrealistic expectations, leaving 41% of U.S. adults single (Pew, 2023). Teens (90% see porn online; Wolak et al., 2007) develop hypersexual disorders and distrust, wrecking mental stability (APA, 2013).
Without psychological love, the brain craves raw, intense physical sensations, escalating to perversions. Early porn depicted classic sex, but now 88% of scenes show violent or mentally ill acts, like extreme fetishism, reflecting this shift (Bridges et al., 2010). Promiscuous singles, lacking love and chasing only physical sex, become perverts, spiraling into increasingly deviant behaviors.
8. Natural Laws of Mating Success and Failure
Serial divorcees repeat failed relationships, reflecting a pattern of untrustworthy behavior. Key principles highlight why:
Einstein’s Quote: “Madness is doing the same thing over again and expecting different results.”
Probability Law: “Once may be a mistake. Twice may be a coincidence. Thrice is compulsion.”
These capture serial divorcees who repeat breakups after promiscuity destroys their bonding ability. Neurological damage from promiscuous virginity loss erodes the “us” of lifelong love, leaving them detached, chasing temporary convenience without insight (Volkow et al., 2016).
One breakup might be bad luck, two could be chance, but three or more reveal an unconscious compulsion to fail, marked by reckless negligence (Perry, 2018). This compulsion fuels the 50% U.S. divorce rate (CDC, 2023), signaling they’re untrustworthy partners best avoided.
In contrast, simple promiscuous attraction, driven by procreation instincts, differs from conscious, logical psycho-physical compatibility. A virgin, sane brain, with intact bonding instincts and reflexes, fosters lifelong love, enabling healthy families without divorce (Young & Wang, 2004). Promiscuity disrupts this, leading to compulsive failures.
9. Biological and Psychiatric Toll of STDs and Infections
Promiscuity spreads incurable STDs like herpes and HPV, needing lifelong treatment. Misinformed individuals believe condoms fully protect during promiscuous sex, but kissing transmits herpes or HPV (CDC, 2024).
Others pay prostitutes extra to forgo condoms, heightening STD risks. Even monogamous couples risk infections if clueless, such as performing oral or vaginal sex after sodomy, which can transfer E. coli and similar pathogens from the anus, causing severe urinary or genital infections (Workowski & Bolan, 2015). Parasites like Trichomonas vaginalis, transmitted during sex, also cause painful infections and increase HIV risk (CDC, 2024).
Chronic infections raise cortisol, worsening depression and shortening life by 5–10 years (Looker et al., 2008). Infected mothers pass damaged DNA to babies, causing defects (1 in 2,500 newborns with herpes issues; Kimberlin, 2004). STD and infection diagnoses trigger suicidal thoughts, as shame destabilizes mental health (CDC, 2024).
10. Limitations of STD Testing
STD tests are not 100% reliable. Some STDs, like HIV or herpes, may not show up immediately due to window periods before detection (CDC, 2024). Others, like chlamydia, need specific tests that miss infections if mistimed or asymptomatic, risking untreated spread.
By the natural laws of survival of the fittest, only a virgin relationship—where both partners have no prior sexual exposure—guarantees freedom from STDs, ensuring a healthy body and mind for lifelong bonding.
11. Education, Laws, and Degenerate Influence
Schools teach sex mechanics but skip soulmate bonding or family stability (Guttmacher Institute, 2022), like Rome’s moral collapse (Gibbon, 1776). This fosters impulsive, insecure attachments, driving promiscuity (Fraley & Shaver, 2000).
Degenerates—likely those profiting from or pushing perversion—probably influence this gap and weak laws. Only 20 countries ban porn, and prostitution is legal in 50% of nations, enabling exploitation (UNODC, 2020). This betrays Juvenal’s vision, exposing youth to perversion’s toll.
12. Restoring Sane Mind in Sane Body
A sane mind in a sane body demands virginity, monogamy, and soulmate-driven love. Psychological, neurological, and psychiatric evidence proves monogamy protects mental health and bonding. Perversion-driven industries exploit trauma, harm kids, and break families.
Schools must teach relational skills, STD risks, and safe practices, and laws should ban prostitution and porn. Drawing on ancient wisdom, promoting mental clarity and physical discipline stops STDs, infections, divorce, and exploitation, building healthier generations.
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