Donnie, I think your arguments are very interesting, especially in regards to sex becoming less pleasurable should the act of conception be removed from it entirely. Perhaps one of the reasons that sex is so enjoyable with a partner is the knowledge that the act of it could wind up, nine months down the track, creating a tangible object that is neither of you but both - EVEN, and I stress this, if you don't want it to happen at this moment.

However, if such a thing were to happen, surely we wouldn't miss it. If you remove pleasure from an action, so too do you remove interest in that action.

Frankly, I don't consider we've come anywhere near as close as we could to providing adequate contraception. Not only is there only one supposedly 100% effective one available on the market, but the chemical combination of many contraceptions can wreak havoc on a lass's body. Moodiness, depression, weight gain, lowered libido - it's a wonder people have sex on the pill at all!

People on this board have talked about contraception and the responsibilities of sex - but it's a fact that contraception DOES fail, and also a fact that the majority of sexually active people who have to take responsibility for the contraception are women. I'm not saying it's a patriarchal conspiracy - just a fact. The pill can be affected by a number of different factors - too much vitamin c, diahorrea, flu, stress - the list goes on. Accidental pregnancies do happen and abstinence as the best contraception is an outdated mode of living - because it's never really men who have to practice it.