Too sexy for a Jew?

Oooooh, 

Quite literally ! Today is apparently 'National Orgasm Day'.  Apparently Ann Summers (the sex shop) has seen a surge in sales. Yeah, you got that right, the prudish Brits do have a day which celebrates sex. It seems rather odd and perhaps an indication of our strange cultural times, that on the one hand we don't normally talk about sexual intercourse, but on the other there is a huge growth of the porn industry and what I take to be the over sexualisation of society, especially young teenage girls. It is true that when I was a teenager I always wanted to look 'sexy' and older than I actually was. But to be honest, I never really pushed the boundaries that some girls seem to do today (my skirts were never and still are knee length). 

The strange thing is that as a far as Judaism is concerned, sex within the context of heterosexual married life is a good thing ( I believe that my sister has explained our family's approach to homosexual activity before, in her post here, so I don't want this to turn into another rant against the gay). We are actively encouraged to -put it crudely - shag on the Shabbat. We are also to have at least 2 children, if we can, but sex isn't just about pro-creation, but an enjoyment in its own right. Indeed I'm supposed to have sex even after I've lost the ability to have children. Sex in Judaism is also controlled by the woman and not the man. So sex in itself isn't a bad thing; it is in fact a wonderful thing. I enjoy sex. I really do. But the downside is that outside of its proper place and context sex can be a dangerous thing. Which is sad because that is not they way it is supposed to be.