Sex has intrinsic value
and it goes beyond the face value. How much
is it worth? Perhaps, the Chinese saying sums it all: it all depends on the
knife above your head. (色字头上一把刀).
The knife can cost you
your MP seat, your position as a principal or a teacher, your commanding post
in the army, police or civil defence.
Certainly, it can choke off your reputation and image in the society,
your career and future. Like the
following public statement:
'At stake is my liberty, integrity and livelihood. My reputation has been tarnished, and my family suffers as a result,' - National University of Singapore (NUS) law professor Tey Tsun Hang.
It is a heavy price if
it turns against you or a non-event if you play at the right time and right
place. It is certainly not the listed price stated in the internet or the place
of entertainment. It also goes beyond
the sex for grade, sex for contract or sex for position. It has intrinsic
value that is hard to measure and it also includes some risks that depend on
the venue, country, guessing of age, open and closed protection etc.
No matter what, the
knife is always there. Maybe it is invisible so we forget the existence of the
knife. Some smart people can also use the knife to blackmail you; some hide the
knife for future use, and some keep the knife away to protect you. We really don’t know the outcome.
However, the temptation
is so high – high enough until it can cover the sky (色胆包天). Sometimes, you really don’t know what you are doing. Perhaps, you have achieved something in your life
and you want to relax and enjoy. You think you are as great as the sky. So, you
set yourself free and easy. You forget to check the identity card, the student
card, the name card, the tender process, and the code of conduct.
It is so confuse that even the famous quote (食色性也) (food and sex
are basic human nature) of Confucius is not from Confucius. # Confucius did
mention “drink & food and male & female are the great desires” (饮食男女，人之大欲存焉) but Confucius
did not mention (食色性也) which
develops until today has more meaning of sex than food.
At the end, from the history of east and west, a
hero cannot run away from a beauty (英雄难过美人关) and overcome the ‘beauty gate’. Many heroes went down because of a beauty and
faced the hammer and knife. What can an ordinary man do to resist the
temptation? Maybe you are a lawyer, a principal, a
professor, a banker, a civil activist or a high ranking officer but you are not
a hero.
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