Saturday, November 01, 2008

Just an Erection Away...

This month's edition of GQ is its twentieth anniversary issue - and it is a corker despite the fact that I don't have an article in it! It's nearly 600 pages long and some of the writing is fantastic. I am not a fan of Tony Parsons but his feature on the joys of junk sex (there aren't any) is one of the best bits of writing I have read in a long time. It's interesting that a lot of womens' magazines seem to promote one long orgisatic shagathon, while this piece, in Britain's leading men's magazine, is promoting the opposite. Here's how Parsons' article concludes...
What a chance we take when sticking our dicks into anything else but our underpants. Pregnancy, disease, true love, infidelity - all these things are just an erection away. It is never worth risking all of that on junk sex. When you outgrow the outer limits of your promiscuity, you realise sex should always mean something. Even if it means nothing more than fleeting spasms of pleasure. There is no pleasure in junk sex. I am not suggesting that you should save yourself for the right girl. But you will have a much happier life if you say no to junk sex, and then recognise her when she comes along.

If you have never bought GQ before, go out and buy the December issue. And then make sure you buy the May 2009 issue - as it will have my next political profile in it!
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12 comments:

  1. RaedwaldNovember 01, 2008 7:07 pm

    Iain, I haven't seen the latest ABC figures, but there are strong hints that all the big boys (Dennis, Bauer, IPC, Haymarket, Conde Nast, Future etc.) are all experiencing substantial consumer mag circulation falls. Is this the case? It would be interesting to get an inside view on how much less crowded the news stands are likely to be in 2009 ... and what the first casualties are likely to be.

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  2. Wrinkled WeaselNovember 01, 2008 7:50 pm

    Junk sex? I wish.

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  3. AnonymousNovember 01, 2008 8:05 pm

    I used to have a subscription to GQ aeons ago. When they used to have covers with Steve McQueen, articles on Echo and the Bunnymen, and long book extracts for decent stuff like Robert Harris, even freebies for the nicer brands of aftershave.

    It did a 'two-cover' version where you could choose between Hugh Grant and some top totty [possibly Claudia Schiffer]. Of course, 99% of guys must have eschewed Hugh, and the beginning of a downward spiral into 'lad mag' territory seemed to follow.

    But I will have a look at it again as it certainly seems to make an effort to avoid the lowest common denominator gutter of Nuts/Zoo or loaded.

    Who is editing it these days ?

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  4. AnonymousNovember 01, 2008 8:10 pm

    No question about it - Tony Parsons is the expert on the subject of Junk Sex.

    But then he was married to Julie Burchill

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  5. AnonymousNovember 01, 2008 9:06 pm

    May 2009 ?

    Hopefully you'll be a MP by then

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  6. AnonymousNovember 01, 2008 9:43 pm

    yes, lakelander, that would be enough to put anyone off - the thought of that shrill voice giving post-coital 'feedback' on one's 'performance' is one best left to the imagination...

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  7. AnonymousNovember 01, 2008 9:43 pm

    "Just an Erection Away..."

    Ooh, you are awful...but I like you.

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  8. Alan DouglasNovember 01, 2008 11:02 pm

    Iain, I really think you should confine yourself to posts relating to the forthcoming General Erection !

    Alan Douglas

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  9. AnonymousNovember 01, 2008 11:10 pm

    I am well in favour of junk sex and hope to try it one day soon...

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  10. AnonymousNovember 02, 2008 12:25 pm

    Is this any relation to junk bonding?

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  11. PhilipaNovember 02, 2008 1:19 pm

    I didn't think men considered ANY sex junk sex, they were just glad to get it. Sadly many women get junk sex and are glad to get rid of it.

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  12. AnonymousNovember 02, 2008 3:34 pm

    Was n't there a line in a Woody Allen film (Love & Death?) where the hero says...

    "Of course sex without love is a meaningless experience .. but as far as meaningless experiences go it is pretty good!"

    Or words to that effect.

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