After viewing "The Blood" episode from SEINFELD, it is clear that the writers were making a statement about the lowering standards that sex has in today's society. To enforce this point, this episode took everyday activities and meshed them with sex.
As seen in the first clip from "The Blood", George (Jason Alexander) is in bed with a woman, while eating a sandwhich, and then watches TV. All Americans eat, all Americans watch TV. Our society is heavily influenced by the food we eat, our entertainment, and what the mass media "feeds" to us. To throw sex into these things, implies that it is now apart of something we do everyday - something that is a routine.
Additionally, this point is further emphasized in the second clip. George and Jerry (Jerry Seinfeld) are at Monk's and are talking about George's date. While George is eating, Jerry realizes he has infused sex with food. This reiterates the fact that society today has combined two once separate things. We, society, are "confused" about what should be a normal, everyday activity and what should be something that should be kept sacred.
While this episode was meant to show how ideas in society alter overtime, it is ironic how media, specifically TV and movies, is one of the major reasons why this confusion is present.
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