[Mimic#201_social]Sex at Dawn_Chelsea

Tintype of Unwoman and Joe Vorteque at Contemporal reading Sex at Dawn by Margaret Killjoy licensed by creative commmons from Flickr

Our point? That something feels natural or unnatural does't mean it is. Every one of the examples above, including saliva beer, is savored somewhere-by folks who would be disgusted by much of what you eat regularly. Especially when we're talking about intimate, personal, biological experiences like eating or having sex, we mustn't forget that the familiar fingers of culture reach deep into our minds. We can't feel them adjusting our dials and flicking our switches, but every culture leads its members to believe some things are naturally right and other's naturally wrong. These beliefs may feel right, but it's a feeling we trust at our own peril.[Excerpt from page 22]



First draft
Our point? [that]Something feels natural or unnatural doesn't mean it is. All [every one of]the examples above, including the saliva beer, is savored somewhere-by folks who would be disgusted by much of what you eat regularly. Especially when we are talking about intimate, personal, biological experiences like eating and having sex, we must know[mustn't forget] that the familiar fingers of culture have reached deep [in]to our minds. We may not notice when they are[we can't feel them] changing[adjusting] our dials and flicking our switches. B[b]ut every culture leads its members to believe some [things]are naturally right while[and] others are not by feelings ['s naturally wrong]. These beliefs [may]feel to be right, however[but] it's a feeling we trust at our own peril.

Second draft
Our point? That something feels natural or unnatural doesn't mean it is. Every one of the examples above, including the saliva beer, is savored somewhere-by folks who would be disgusted by much of what you eat regularly. Especially when we are talking about intimate, personal, biological experiences like eating and having sex, we mustn't forget that the familiar fingers of culture reach deep into our minds. We may[can] not feel them adjusting our dials and flicking our switches, but every culture leads its members to believe some things are naturally right while other's naturally wrong. It[These beliefs] may feel right, but it's a feeling we trust at our own peril.

P.S. What a provocative book on sex and sociology, backed up by science:)