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<blockquote data-quote="Ahnehnois" data-source="post: 6263425" data-attributes="member: 17106"><p>Well, let's see. Prostitution is illegal. Our movie and TV rating systems are kinder to mass slaughter than they are to the sight of the human breast. States have laws on the books that officially prohibit oral sex, sodomy, and a variety of other common acts. Pornography and sex work are ridiculed. Homophobia is rampant. In fact, nontraditional (as it were) relationships of all sorts (interracial, interfaith, etc.) are targets for bias and discrimination.</p><p></p><p>There are actually people advocating for "abstinence-only" sexual education, which is sort of like "starvation only" nutrition education. There was a movement against the mandatory HPV vaccination, partially on account that it supposedly encouraged promiscuity (which apparently is bad). The same battles have been had over selling the morning after pill over the counter. Debates over health insurance coverage for contraception (because apparently that's debatable). There's the whole "slut shaming" phenomenon. Ludicrously restrictive dress codes. Abstinence pledges.</p><p></p><p>All of which belies the basic truth: people are taught from an early age that sex is bad, and to be ashamed of their own bodies and their own desires.</p><p></p><p>If someone wants to point out other places or time periods that have been <em>more</em> repressive by comparison, there certainly are some. But America is definitely, definitely repressive.</p><p></p><p>*I seem to have ninja'd [MENTION=85939]bone_naga[/MENTION] who made most of the same points only a minute after I posted, so I assume that it was coincidental to some extent.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Ahnehnois, post: 6263425, member: 17106"] Well, let's see. Prostitution is illegal. Our movie and TV rating systems are kinder to mass slaughter than they are to the sight of the human breast. States have laws on the books that officially prohibit oral sex, sodomy, and a variety of other common acts. Pornography and sex work are ridiculed. Homophobia is rampant. In fact, nontraditional (as it were) relationships of all sorts (interracial, interfaith, etc.) are targets for bias and discrimination. There are actually people advocating for "abstinence-only" sexual education, which is sort of like "starvation only" nutrition education. There was a movement against the mandatory HPV vaccination, partially on account that it supposedly encouraged promiscuity (which apparently is bad). The same battles have been had over selling the morning after pill over the counter. Debates over health insurance coverage for contraception (because apparently that's debatable). There's the whole "slut shaming" phenomenon. Ludicrously restrictive dress codes. Abstinence pledges. All of which belies the basic truth: people are taught from an early age that sex is bad, and to be ashamed of their own bodies and their own desires. If someone wants to point out other places or time periods that have been [I]more[/I] repressive by comparison, there certainly are some. But America is definitely, definitely repressive. *I seem to have ninja'd [MENTION=85939]bone_naga[/MENTION] who made most of the same points only a minute after I posted, so I assume that it was coincidental to some extent. [/QUOTE]
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