Finding the Cure for Today's Social Ills
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Śrīla Prabhupāda:  Yes, so these things should be stopped. Therefore, Prahlāda Mahārāja makes this statement:
sukham aindriyakaṁ daityā deha-yogena dehinām sarvatra labhyate daivād yathā duḥkham ayatnataḥ
“My dear friends born of demonic families, the happiness perceived with reference to the sense objects by contact with the body can be obtained in any form of life, according to one’s past fruitive activities. Such happiness is automatically obtained without endeavor, just as we obtain distress.” [ Bhāg.  7.6.3]
A dog has a body, and I have a body. So, my sex pleasure and the dog’s sex pleasure—there is no difference. The pleasure derived out of sex is the same. A dog is not afraid of having sex pleasure on the street before everyone, and we hide it. That’s all. People are thinking that to have sex pleasure in a nice apartment is advanced. However, that is not advanced. And they are making a dog’s race for this so-called advancement. People do not know that according to whatever kind of body one has acquired, the pleasure is already stored up.
Interviewer:  What do you mean, “the pleasure is already stored up”?
Śrīla Prabhupāda:  That is called destiny. A pig has got a certain type of body, and his eatable is the stool. You cannot change it. The pig will not like to eat halvah [a sweetmeat made of wheat toasted in butter]. It is not possible. Because he has a particular type of body, he must eat like that. Can any scientist improve the standard of living of the pig?
Interviewer:  I doubt it.
Śrīla Prabhupāda:  Therefore, Prahlāda Mahārāja says that it is already stored up. The pleasure is basically the same, but a little different according to the body. The uncivilized man in the jungle is having the same thing.
Now people are thinking that civilization means constructing skyscraper buildings. But Vedic civilization says, No, that is not advancement. The real advancement of human life is self-realization, how much you have realized your  self . Not that you have constructed skyscraper buildings.
Interviewer:  But wouldn’t what you’re saying make sense to most people?
Śrīla Prabhupāda:  Sometimes people misunderstand. In a high court, a