Fuck Buddies and Life on Mars

In that "great 90s sitcom about nothing" Seinfeld, Elaine and Jerry are friends who used to be in a relationship. In one particular episode in the first season of the show, they decide to hook up and see if they can have sex and still be friends without all of the messiness that goes on within a relationship. By the end of the episode they realize they cannot. Even with the strict rules they set in place (no sleeping over after sex, no phone calls the next day, no kissing goodnight), they find themselves falling into "relationship status" again and decide to just remain friends after all.

Is it possible to have the seemingly mythical "fuck buddy" that we see in the movies or hear about on TV? Is it something we should pursue in the interest of breaking down taboos about sex and love?

This explains everything, really.

Foucault would argue that as a race, humanity has already talked sex down to a simple subject that anybody can talk about. Since we have turned sex into discourse that can be discussed in school and in books or even courts of law, how much of a step is it to have it as a casual thing?

As a culture, the United States isn't sure if it's a freewheeling, open-minded society where sex is simple, easy and nothing to focus too much about (as evidenced in our film and television) or if it's a Puritan battleground where every cuss word and bathing suit on the screen, radio or printed page is worthy of scrutinization and ranting about to the conservative media. Foucault, being European (and perhaps more open-minded in his view of how sexuality), notes that societies have historically been conservative towards sexuality and how open individuals should be with sharing it. Since the civilized world came into being, sex has more or less been a hot-button issue in regards to how younger generations view it