The Male Sex Drive: What is the fundamental nature of the male sex drive?

Sex is fun to write about.

Male sexuality is generally characterised as moving towards a goal.
Female sexuality is generally characterised as attracting something.

Mainstream culture would have us believe that male sexuality and rules of physical attraction consists mostly of the female form and its various dishonest enhancements.

My question is, suppose we strip these away. What's left? What are men really attracted by?

The next layer is actually already well-known. Males are attracted to loyalty. And the reason for this is simple. If our man mate with female, and the female then mates with other males, our man will never be sure if he has passed down his genes or not.

All work and no biological immortality makes Jack a dull boy.

It is for this same reason that most men have a preconceived notion of an ideal female, and just as strong a tendency to idealize a female.

But suppose we peel this layer off too. Suppose our man is stranded on a desert island with no female in sight. What does the male sex drive do here? What triggers the male sex drive here?

The gathering of resources, gaining competence and social dominance.

Since the dawn of man, gathering resources has been what man is all about. Our brains associate a surplus of resources with sex. Food, breeding and families are tightly interconnected.

So that's clear. What's next?

Suppose our man is now old and stranded on an island he will never get off. What then?
Well, he'd have either no sex drive or it would be meaningless. Incidentally, while meaninglessness may make it seem totally weird, otherworldly and even perverse, he is also free to direct it at anything.

Or consider a monk who has learned to fully control every aspect of his urges and is able to channel his energy to whatever he pleases? Well, in this case, it is clear that the sex drive is just pure energy that can be used towards whatever he wishes.

And so, we come to the purest form of male sexuality -

The desire to accomplish whatever things he directs his attention to.

But still, what if there was nothing to accomplish? What then?

Then the males generally become non-masculine and care only for whatever they fancy. Of course, men are naturally good at finding interests too, for we are built to seek, regardless of whether it's the truth or resources.

Next up: Female sexuality.