Sex now: it's 2004, and sex is very different now from what it was even 10 years ago. Men's Fitness presents a special report on sex in the new millennium

Men's Fitness, Nov, 2004 by Peter Stemmler

Sex, like breathing, is so perfect a Darwinian activity--successfully tested over time--that little can be done to improve it. For that reason, you might think sex has remained essentially the same for thousands of years (give or take a new move every century, such as, say, the Portuguese Peppermill).

But sex has actually evolved radically--if not so much between the sheets, then certainly in our attitudes about it. Just look at the past decade. The Internet and pornography, erectile-dysfunction drugs such as Viagra, political correctness in the bedroom, and the alarming rise in STDs (including the reemergence of HW in the U.S.) have each caused tectonic shifts in our collective thinking about sex.

Ten years ago, if you had asked John Doe about his "high-speed connection;" he'd have thought you were asking for his drug dealer's number. Today most Americans have some sort of Internet access--and thus porn access. And while it's fine to take an occasional peek at BarelyLegalParalegals.net, too much porn can misallocate our sexual desires and distract us from actual relationships.

There's also a slew of" new erectile-dysfunction pharmaceuticals beyond Viagra. And they're not being consumed by just your Great Uncle Phil anymore. Instead, young men who need no assistance are downing these "uppers" recreationally.

Here MF examines how these trends have changed the way we're getting naughty in the "aughties" (the years 2000 through 2009). We also offer advice on how to make sex less P.C. by swinging the pendulum back. Way back--like 150,000 years. Our club-bearing ancestors may have had it right in the bedroom. Sex, caveman-style: Just yabba-dabba-do it.