Solo

The Times of Malta has updated us with a statistic... 62% of the population do not use contraception. And just that statement has led to it being hit by hundreds of people, with the same hundreds all leaving their comments on the website. And I read the comments... and sigh. Now I love Malta, and it will always be home to me, but in 2009 one would think we'd have been bombarded with enough sex education to last us our whole lifetime. Or not? A statistic like that is somewhat challenging. Since sex happened in pairs, or threesomes, or the occasional gang-bang, the 62% have to have at least one partner. That means... 62% + 62% = 124%. Which makes that mathematically impossible. The country does not have a 124% population. So... someone's cheating, both in stats as in sexual relationships. Probably a lot are cheating but they won't admit to it. And the married men inevitably feature into this. Perhaps also married women, but I wouldn't really know about that. So, the married men leading us to believe they weren't doing it with the Missus... that was a lie. Perhaps the married women leading their illicit boyfriends to believe they weren't doing it with the hubby also lied, but again I have not been on that side of the fence. Where does the contraception, or lack of it come in? People certainly do not use contraception when they're pleasuring their own good selves, or maybe they do? That's the only way a country could reach a 62% statistic. Oh God, nothing surprises me anymore in this land of sex. Do we have a contraceptive solo fetish now? And yet this doesn't surprise me either. By the look of the very intriguing rubbers making it into the market, it comes as no surprise that a curious mind aka and intelligent one, would want to see, feel and experience the lot. So many flavours at the fraction cost of an ice-cream. So many textures at a fraction of the cost of Cavalli material. And now there's vibrating, turbo... it's endless. Then there are the inflatables Barbie-looking dollies. If I had something to stick into something like that, I'd try it too. It probably works just as fine as any woman or man with less repurcussions. And it doesn't even want a cuddle afterwards. So yes, it seems we really are going solo. And perhaps we're not to blame either.