Sex Column: Crossing cultural boundaries with sex

Sex & Drugs
28 Aug 17

How often have you strayed from your own close cultural type, in a sexual encounter or in forming a relationship? Or might you be even more turned on by the thought of crossing cultural boundaries in pursuit of the best possible sex? And to what extent are our sexual desires a matter of conditioning that we can – and possibly should – change?

Are you racist? How about transphobic? Or maybe just a little bit classist? No? Are you sure? Take a look at your sexual history, then decide.

Consider this famous – and offensive – quote from John Mayer: “My dick is sort of like a white supremacist. I’ve got a Benetton heart and a fuckin’ David Duke cock.”

Mayer made these remarks in an interview with Playboy. People were rightly pissed off, because Mayer was being deliberately provocative. But if your sexual attractions are solely for one colour of the human rainbow — is that racist or just personal preference?