The Latest Threat to the Global Economy: Sexual Apathy

Here is River City, winter seemed to arrive a little early yesterday. It as cold and blustery, with a rain squall or two tossed in for good measure. Particularly cruel  that there was no Mistress here in my bed to keep me warm, and make sure my lips and tongue had something to do. 

Mistress did send me some cute photos through the day, of beautiful blooming flowers, and the local high tech Streetcar, which some in River City have coveted for years. 

And while she has been too busy visiting with her friend to get into any "trouble" of a sexual kind, she did share that a passenger on the flight out put on a full court flirt with her through the first leg of her trip.

“I bet I hear from him when I get back, Slave…. but he really wasn’t my ‘type’…  a little too geeky. He and his wife must teach yoga in their spare time.”

Well at least he’s probably more flexible than Slave.

A few days of “celibacy” is something both of us can handle. Particularly when Mistress has given me strict orders to make sure her cock remains in working order while she is gone. At least we don’t seem in any danger of falling into the sad plight of the Japanese, who’s growing plight of “sexual apathy” was written up in this story in the Washington Post.  Here are some pathetic lowlights:

People in Japan are so averse to romantic relationships that the country's media even has a name for it: sekkusu shinai shokogun, or "celibacy syndrome," according to a widely circulated Guardian story on the country's low rates of marriage, childbearing and even sex.

A series of grim statistics tell the story:

 • Extremely high numbers of Japanese do not find sex appealing. 45 percent of women and 25 percent of men, ages 16 to 24, are "not interested in or despised sexual contact."

• More than half of Japanese are single. 49 percent of unmarried women and 61 of unmarried men, ages 18 to 34, are not in any kind of romantic relationship.

• In every age group, the percentage of Japanese men and women who are not in a romantic relationship has been increasing steadily since the 1990s.

• About a quarter of Japanese don't want a romantic relationship. 23 percent of women and 27 percent of men say they are not interested in any kind of romantic relationship.

• More than a third of childbearing-age Japanese have never had sex: 39 percent of women and 36 percent of men, ages 18 to 34. That number hasn't actually changed much over the last decade, but it is unusually high.

The article goes onto explain that these developments are not only bad for the sex toy industry, but could pose one of those dreaded existential threats to the world economy. As the Japanese population shrinks and gets older, the world's third largest economy could default on it's debt, plunging the world into the sort of financial chaos that could be described as a Ted Cruz wet dream.

This seemed a little odd to me. I've spent some time in Japan, and my father worked and lived there for several years. From our "exceptional" American perspective it seems an odd culture, but hardly asexual. I mean what about all that Shibari bondage stuff all of us aspiring kinksters read about?

And what about all those strange Anime films and comic books which focus on women who seem a little too young for comfort tied in rather strange positions, on the verge of defilement? Throw in some aggressive tentacles and you have a plot line worthy of 'Nilla.

Of course, maybe this ritualized restraint reflects a society that would  rather watch than actually do something about their primal urges. But that doesn't mean we have to take their impending meltdown lying down - either on our backs, or maybe ass up and shorts at our ankles, does it?

Maybe our can do American spirit can help restore the Japanese libido.... But I am not sure starting with Caroline Kennedy as our next Ambassador to Tokyo is the right move, do you? She seems a nice lady, but hardly one to make the Japanses suddenly go out and couple up. She certainly does not have the reputation for sexual exploits that her Dad or uncles Bob and Ted had.

No, let's be more proactive, and lead by example. Provide a role model who can break this sad decline into celibacy.

How about Miley Cyrus, who could twerk her way across the Floating Kingdom?

Or better yet....I'd be happy to give our WC a "public service" leave from his duties here at UCTMW. Certainly he could teach the Japanese a thing or two about mating rituals....although he might have to get out of the habit of wasting all that seed, and back into spreading it around.