Judith-
In terms of promiscuity, don't forget the cultural
impact of the pill. It made a huge difference between
my parent's generation and my generation in terms of
liberalization - especially since the lessened risk of
pregnancy had no accompanying risk of HIV or Hepatitis-C.
-Ben
> Normally, I would come down on such language as well, Ben, but the tone of
> his email seemed to me to not be directed at specific people and said in
> jest more than anything, or in frustration, but not maliciously. So I let
> this one go.
>
> I personally think that the reason for the promiscuousness in our society
> has a lot to do with the fact that we surround ourselves with sexually
> explicit media and pictures. Not that teenagers weren't sexually active
> before television, movies and sexually explicit billboards, but I don't
> think such behavior was as common. I'd love to know if any studies have
> been done on the percentages of teenagers today who are sexually active vs.
> ten years ago, twenty years ago, etc., and the role our media has in this.
> Larry? Does anyone know?
>
> Judith
> >Nate-
> >
> >Where do you get off calling names ("pansy liberals")?
> >
> >We have a strong tradition on this list of agreeing to
> >disagree, but respecting each others' opinions.
> >
> >Some of the people on this lists are liberals, some are
> >moderates, some are conservatives.
> >
> >We have some lively discussions, but not name-calling.
> >
> >Also, your venting might benefit from use of a spell
> >checker.
> >
> >-Ben
>
>
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