Wilhelm Reich once wrote that of course it is true that sex is not everything in life. we could even add the additional fact that, in healthy people, sex is not The subject for constant discussion and is not the prime centre of thought.
It goes without saying that the integrity of electric wiring in a factory is the prerequisite of its functioning well, says Reich by way of illustration. Yet, those who work in the factory never give a thought to the wiring itself. They are completely concentrated on their work. The electricity and its wiring are, indeed, not "everything". There are other more important matters such as producing what factory was set up to produce. But, for the sake of argument, let us assume that there is a short in the wiring, the flow of electricity is interfered with, the machines stop, and with that, the work.
Now, the worker´s attention becomes centered exclusively on the wiring and the short, and how it can be fixed. But what if the foreman or the union representative were to argue that this silly electrical theory exaaggerates the role of the wiring. It is true that the wiring is necessary, but that is not everything. We have other interests, there are other factors to be considered. In this case, argues Reich, the foreman et al. would be laughed at, for one´s first job would be to find and repair the short before one could "think of other things."
In such a situation, suggests Reich, is the sexual problem in our society. The flow of biological energy, of sexual energy, is disturbed in the vast majority of people. This is the reason why the bio-social mechanism of society does not function well or at all. Thus our irrational politics, irresponsibility of the masses of the people, biopathies, murder and manslaughter, in brief, the emotional plague. If everyone were able to fulfil his natural sexual needs without disturbance, there would be no talk about the sexual problem. The one would be correct in saying that there are other interests.
Many contemporary writers have written meaningfully that the sexual revolution of our time has been almost entirely abortive. Though society adopted more tolerant view, we would be naive to assume that this constitutes anything more than a superficial and mild liberal reform. In one way or another, the basic diseased attitude about sexuality still persists.