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 | I don't think there's anything enviable about fame. Fame isn't the same thing as power, it's not the same thing as wealth. They're related, but they're more like the grandfather who doesn't talk to your side of the family anymore, or the cousin you only knew when you were kids. Power and wealth also may not be as great as they seem, but it's hard to argue that they come with some benefits, and for some those benefits far outweigh the drawbacks. Fame, maybe not so much. We're instructed in a thousand tiny ways every day that fame is something everyone should, and anyone would, want. But I remain skeptical, based mostly on the famous people I know. Sexual fame is a particular kind of fame. There are those who become sexually famous for having sex. They are many. There are fewer who become famous for talking about sex. They are the ones I'm most concerned with, because those are the people who I hear about in every other email I get, or question I receive while teaching. It's those sexually famous people who often leave their audiences with the McDonald's-esque sensation of being full and feeling sick at the same time. This week's question is all about those people who become sexually famous for talking and giving advice about sex. Presumably they get there because they know something we don't. And presumably we listen to what they have to say. So my question is this: What is it that you think the sexually famous know that you don't? ~ Cory | |
The Price of Sexual Fame
This isn't a personal narrative. I'm not someone with sexual fame. I don't even play someone like that on TV. I'm in the fortunate position of being able to write for millions of people each month and still maintain control over what I write and how I write it. But I have to deal with the sexually famous in the course of my work days, and inevitably this means asking myself whether I'd ever want to try and be like them, and what exactly one has to do to become one of them.
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