Today’s Question by Aart Hilal

You tell the story of a Brazilian woman called Maria who works in a luxury brothel in Geneva. One night she falls in love with a much admired artist, who has fame, money and women in abundance. His problem: he is not interested any more in sex.

This person Ralf is my alter ego. I also know of times when my libido is zero. Because sex is in itself a value, for a long time I had a bad conscience about not being interested in sex. I believe that people have never before had so little sex as today. In the Internet, no search expression is entered as frequently as “sex”, and we see pictures everywhere which should make us horny, but the horniness which it produces goes into emptiness. Maria’s problem is that she is a victim of the most dangerous myth of sexuality: she believes that a woman has to have an orgasm through penetration - and this is something she cannot achieve. Maria and Ralf learn that sex is like a foreign language: if you don’t try it you also don’t learn anything. At the end they understand to perceive one’s own desire as true sexual lust.

4 Responses to “Today’s Question by Aart Hilal”


  1. 1 Maria

    I think this is specially true in developed countries… the problem is that people tend to over analyze the consequences of sex and stay as horny as ever.

  2. 2 Alexandra

    Yes,but they were ment to each other.I think that trying to achieve orgasms with other person only making sex like if being a sport,that is dangerous.I agree we need sexual life as well as food or breathing,but keeping our eyes opened.If there is also feeling,pleasure surely come,and we dont have to learn queer positions or who knows what.

  3. 3 Catherine de la Réunion

    Le SEXE, tout passe par le sexe disent certains!! cependant, il n’est pas si facile de s’y adonner comme on voudrait. L’ancienne forme-pensée collective qui conditionne , formate le sexe est présente alors qu’ apparait de nouvelles pratiques qui peuvent donner mauvaise conscience!!?? Alors nous ne savons plus ou nous mettre , quoi faire et le sexe comme on l’aimerait devient une partie cachée ( parfois a soi même!!)
    Peut-être devrions nous écouter notre corps et notre coeur et ne pas avoir peur d’aller de l’avant vers l’expérience…

  4. 4 Paul from Austria

    Hey Marcelo, and what is your claim to fame? Jelousy is the most profound form of honour. Love life, Paul

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