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This decade feels like the Victorian era all over again. How long did the last one last?
by buboard 8y ago
This decade feels like the Victorian era all over again. How long did the last one last?
- jseliger 8y agoHere is one plausible theory: http://www.rationaloptimist.com/blog/the-censorious-age http://www.rationaloptimist.com/blog/the-censorious-age
- buboard 8y agoit's mostly observations, not theory. And he doesn't even touch on the Spanish Inquisition that sprang out of silicon valley and anti-Trump media after his election.
- jonnydubowsky 8y agoNobody expects the Spanish inquisition!
- wbl 8y agoHave you read My Secret Life? Let's just say there was a lot of sex in the Victorian era.
- ahakki 8y agoHave you seen all the kids around? Let’s just say there has always been a lot of sex. What changes is the discussion around it.
- buboard 8y agostudies show that kids today have less sex.
- Hextinium 8y agoAs compared to 30 years ago. if you follow the graph on the article that I assume you are referring to that was on the front page a few weeks ago, the number of sexual partners in the 1900s was 2-3. Its predicted that number of sexual partners will be 8 for this generation compared to last generations 9. Not a big jump in my perview.
- buboard 8y agothe socioeconomic situation and religion was way too different in the 1900s to compare. The shift in attitudes since the 90s on the other hand is remarkably large https://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/2018/12/the-sex-recession/573949/ https://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/2018/12/the-sex...
- Hextinium 8y agoThank you a lot for the read, very interesting.
- wbl 8y agoThe Victorian discussion of sexuality was paired with a great deal of licentious behavior.
- r-w 8y agoDoes the ‘V’ stand for “Victorian” or “Verizon”? ;)
- faissaloo 8y agoIt stands for 'Vendetta'