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> So as a citizen of an EU country that's not prudish about sex, why do I have to suffer from the censorship of US companies? Conversely, I found out after tra

> So as a citizen of an EU country that's not prudish about sex, why do I have to suffer from the censorship of US companies? Conversely, I found out after travelling a lot in Europe, making foreigner friends and moving to another state it's not about being prudish about sex but about nudity. From my (admittedly limited) experience Americans are much less prudish about sex than Europeans (especially Western EU countries) but leagues more prudish about nudity. I actually find it more reasonable coming from Poland. We should keep nudity private and at the same time be able to let ourself go and be free when interacting intimately with another human. Again, from my experience, Germany (my new country of residence) is extremely open about nudity while at the same time being similarly repressed about sexuality. This actually made me understand why Slavic people consider Germanic people to be "cold" or "passionless" (no offence intended).

blattimwind 8y ago
> Again, from my experience, Germany (my new country of residence) is extremely open about nudity while at the same time being similarly repressed about sexuality. It's notable that younger people have a way more repressed sexuality than folks which are in the 35..40 to 60ish age bracket currently.
- odiroot 8y ago
  Ok that's actually very interesting. I noticed a similar pattern but didn't want to put too much to it.
  - blattimwind 8y ago
    A large contributing factor is probably that younger people have a lot less sex and start to have sex much later than e.g. their parents.
    - TomMarius 8y ago
      What causes that?
      - rpiguy 8y ago
        The older generations were the first freed by birth control to have more sex, and their rebellion against the established sexual norms (and their parents) is part of what defined them. Today’s young Germans are growing up in a culture that accepts non-marital sexual relations, there is nothing to rebel against so it is not such a defining dimension of their culture. Furthermore, you could also posit that some of the young people see how the “swinging” lifestyle affected their families. Might have worked out great for a lot of people but probably really hurt some others. I have one swinging uncle who happily swapped wives in the 1980s, but other members of my family just ended up bitter and alone over similar circumstances. Then you look at your grandparents or great grandparents who were miserable, but at least they were miserable together and always had each other :-)

blattimwind 8y ago

> Again, from my experience, Germany (my new country of residence) is extremely open about nudity while at the same time being similarly repressed about sexuality. It's notable that younger people have a way more repressed sexuality than folks which are in the 35..40 to 60ish age bracket currently.

odiroot 8y ago
Ok that's actually very interesting. I noticed a similar pattern but didn't want to put too much to it.
- blattimwind 8y ago
  A large contributing factor is probably that younger people have a lot less sex and start to have sex much later than e.g. their parents.
  - TomMarius 8y ago
    What causes that?
    - rpiguy 8y ago
      The older generations were the first freed by birth control to have more sex, and their rebellion against the established sexual norms (and their parents) is part of what defined them. Today’s young Germans are growing up in a culture that accepts non-marital sexual relations, there is nothing to rebel against so it is not such a defining dimension of their culture. Furthermore, you could also posit that some of the young people see how the “swinging” lifestyle affected their families. Might have worked out great for a lot of people but probably really hurt some others. I have one swinging uncle who happily swapped wives in the 1980s, but other members of my family just ended up bitter and alone over similar circumstances. Then you look at your grandparents or great grandparents who were miserable, but at least they were miserable together and always had each other :-)