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First, let me say that I don't have a thing against hooking up, if the people involved have the slightest idea about safety, civility, health, and friendliness in sex. In the pre-AIDS, pre-antibiotic-resistant-STDs era, my own generation thought there was something truly transcendent to be acquired through joyful and boundless sex. I don't think we were any wronger than Newtonian physics is. Think about it.
However, there's this thing going the rounds -- Laura Stepp, Tom Wolfe, I don't know how many other culture vultures, are out there saying that kids these days are having too much soulless, stringless sex, unlike any generation before them.
Stupid.
Any time some kid goes out and has sex which is not fun, does not promote nice relationships (whether shallow or deep, okay?), is not safe, etc.,etc.: any time some kid does something that makes them feel bad, that's not good, sure.
But honestly, my house and my world sees a fairly steady stream of young folks, and I just don't see that kind of behavior. I do see a small number of recreational-sex devotees, and I do see some people engaging in Mistake Sex, but I don't see any Recent Phenomenon of More Destructive Sex than Ever.
Probably because there isn't one.
However, there's this thing going the rounds -- Laura Stepp, Tom Wolfe, I don't know how many other culture vultures, are out there saying that kids these days are having too much soulless, stringless sex, unlike any generation before them.
Stupid.
Any time some kid goes out and has sex which is not fun, does not promote nice relationships (whether shallow or deep, okay?), is not safe, etc.,etc.: any time some kid does something that makes them feel bad, that's not good, sure.
But honestly, my house and my world sees a fairly steady stream of young folks, and I just don't see that kind of behavior. I do see a small number of recreational-sex devotees, and I do see some people engaging in Mistake Sex, but I don't see any Recent Phenomenon of More Destructive Sex than Ever.
Probably because there isn't one.