Last Updated on: 14th December 2023, 07:03 pm
The book and corresponding website, “Sex On the Wrong Brain”, propose that sexism, racism, and authoritarianism are driven by misallocated reproductive drives, suggesting that sex education could play a role in reducing these issues.
“When the health agencies of New York City and Australian states NSW and Queensland suggested masturbation as a safe sex alternative during the COVID pandemic they should have specified which hand to use,” articulates Ard Falten, the author.
The concept of “Sex on the wrong brain” (SOWB) is introduced as a holistic theory of thought and action, based on the principle that the hand used for sexual learning is critical. The theory argues that right-hand use has led to thousands of years of avarice, authoritarianism, male dominance, and warfare, contributing to the mindset endangering our planet via global warming.
“COVID-19 was a mass sex on the wrong brain event,” states Falten. He suggests that the pandemic exacerbated typical authoritarian strategies, evident from Texas to Russia and through various historical empires. Repressing sexuality and controlling women and reproductive rights are seen as methods to augment frustration in right-handed men, crucial to authoritarian leaders.
According to the theory, right-hand use, linked to the left brain hemisphere, correlates impatient reproductive desires with left-brain-dominated thought, expected to be patient and objective. It delineates three main symptoms:
- When sexual energy influences cognitive activities such as logic, it leads to rapid solutions, premature conclusions, and a craving for certainty.
- Linking sex with numerical concepts fosters desires for more and larger quantities, enhancing greed and materialism.
- Redirecting reproductive energy for unrelated tasks can lead to increased sexual dysfunction.
The website indicates that authoritarianism is often assessed through the Uncertainty Avoidance Index. It proposes Certainty Deficit Disorder (CDD) as responsible for various extreme and undemocratic behaviours, driven by an irrational craving for certainty and a corresponding aversion to uncertainty.
The dynamic of certainty/uncertainty is used to elucidate authoritarianism:
- The escalating need for certainty and closure coincides with a growing fear of diversity, change, unpredictability, and nature.
- Certainty often trumps truth.
- Authoritarian leaders are perceived as certain, confident, decisive, and infallibly right, viewed as signs of intelligence and strength by their adherents.
- Authoritarian leaders and ideologies create certainty by offering control and simplifying the world into binary extremes, leading to intolerance, bigotry, and extremism.
- Complex issues causing uncertainty, like global warming, are often denied or oversimplified.
The website suggests that associating sex with punishment and guilt allows authoritarian regimes to develop thought patterns that repurpose reproductive energy towards creating and justifying non-existent certainty, potentially fostering lying, denial, hypocrisy, and sexual dysfunction.
Sexonthewrongbrain.com includes:
- A range of factors affecting SOWB levels, such as ancestry, gender, libido, frustration, etc.
- The observation that females typically exhibit lower SOWB.
- Possible repercussions for artificial intelligence.
- The likelihood of SOWB increasing with age as entrenched thought patterns solidify and opportunities for real sex decrease.
- The potential for descendants of older civilisations to exhibit more SOWB, leading to misogyny and bigotry.
- The use of culture, social hierarchy, discrimination, and religion to heighten SOWB.
- The possibility of SOWB triggering violence and mental health issues.
- The evolution of right-handed dominance in humans and its connection to SOWB.
- The historical escalation of SOWB and its implications for evolutionary research.
“There’s evidence that some of our ancestors knew about sex on the wrong brain,” comments Falten. He asserts that while the theory may be contentious, it holds significant implications for democracy and advancement, including in the realm of artificial intelligence.
The book and a screenplay, merging SOWB theory with a science fiction adventure comedy set in a future threatened by global warming, seek to widen the theory’s audience. Simon Barrett’s review of the book is: “Yes, I like ‘Sex On the Wrong Brain’ a lot. If you like Douglas Adams and don’t mind a few ‘smutty’ bits, you will enjoy this book.” The screenplay has achieved finalist status in several contests.
“Sex On the Wrong Brain” can be purchased from major online booksellers and Amazon.
For further information, please visit sexonthewrongbrain.com.
