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Says more about the speaker than sex itself. Sounds like the words of someone with mental health issues.

• ordu 6y ago
  Or maybe someone who've read Frans de Waal "Chimpanzee Politics: Power and Sex Among Apes". Power and sex seem to be interlinked due to evolution: the more power one have, the more accessible sex and reproduction become. People are trying to break this link for some reasons (probably good reasons), but it is not so easy.
• mhh__ 6y ago
  The phrase should be considered as a framework for (let's say) hyper-masculine Id behaviour. However sometimes a cigar is just a cigar.
• leetcrew 6y ago
  kevin spacey said this in the first season of house of cards.
  • kgwxd 6y ago
    I did not know that and I choked on my tea reading it.
    • leetcrew 6y ago
      in hindsight, it's kind of incredible. in the show, he said this to a young reporter who was trading sexual favors for scoops.
• globular-toast 6y ago
  Fifty Shades of Grey is one of the best selling books of all time. Almost all the women your age have read it or seen the film. You should too.
• subpixel 6y ago
  A more nuanced critique is to be found via the podcast "Sex Power Money", by Sara Pascoe.