Food, Sex, and the Price of Desire — Dr. Ramūnas Kerpauskas at EROS Festival 2025

Urologist and sexologist, President of the Private Urologists’ Society, Dr. Ramūnas Kerpauskas, who works at Andromeda Clinic in Kaunas, deals in his practice not only with urological diseases but also with sexual issues and problems important to modern society.

Visitors of Festival 2025 are invited to meet Dr. Ramūnas Kerpauskas on the Stage in Hall 4.

November 21, Friday, 20:30
Lecture: “Sex and Food” will explore the intriguing and often provocative relationship between two fundamental human needs — eating and sexuality. We will discuss how food can become part of sexual attraction and fantasy, including food-related paraphilias and fetishes. The talk will delve into the ways food is used in sexualized advertising to stimulate consumers’ emotions and desires. We will examine how eating disorders can affect one’s sex life and intimate relationships. Aphrodisiacs — foods and substances believed to boost sexual desire — will also be discussed. The lecture will encourage a critical look at how food and sexuality are portrayed in society.

November 22, Saturday, 19:30
Lecture: “The Economics of Sex” will examine the economics of sex as a social, biological, and cultural phenomenon that has developed from ancient times to the present day. We will explore how, across different historical periods, sex and reproduction have been linked to material, social, and symbolic resources. The discussion will analyze strategies of hypergamy, polygamy, and monogamy, and their connection to gender relations. We will compare patterns of sexual economics in human societies and in the animal kingdom. The meaning of virginity, marriage, pregnancy, and abortion in the context of sexual economics will be considered. The phenomenon of prostitution and its modern forms will be addressed, as well as the topic of male sexual deprivation — a less discussed but increasingly relevant issue. Perhaps not even death can save us from the economics of sex.