Dan Savage On Why Sex Always Wins (via Refinery29)

The takeaway I wish everyone would wrap their heads around is that sex wins. Sex always wins. Sex is more powerful than you are. Sex is 500 million years old. It built us and it will build whatever comes after us. People like to pretend that they’re in charge of their desires or their sexuality, and they’re not. You’re in charge of how you act on them, but you can’t dam it up. You can’t pretend that you can stick a cork in it without it exploding in your face one day.