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I believe the traditional incentive to enter adulthood used to be sex availability. Things clearly changed.

by galfarragem 4y ago

dymk 4y ago
You think teens didn’t have access to sex in every generation before ours?
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- galfarragem 4y ago
  Anecdotally (according older people I know) having a supply of regular sex was way more difficult before. More shaming, more religion, less welfare, etc, may explain it. At the time, marriage could solve that biological need. edit: 80+ year old's in conservative Europe
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- rhino369 4y ago
  Before the 1960s, teenage sex lead to having a family—whether you wanted it or not—for the most part. So no, they generally didn’t have access to consequence free sex like we do.
- trentearl 4y ago
  Even now 27% of Americans aged 15 to 24 are virgins. I have to assume this number was higher for single people 50 years ago.
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  - wink 4y ago
    I don't think 15-24 is in any way a reasonable bucket to sort people into... seriously. That's everything from high school to uni students to working adults...
synu 4y ago
Depends on when you mean by “used to be” but I was a teenager in the early 90s and there was definitely no such gate on availability back then. In fact it was almost the opposite (super mature, responsible kids weren’t getting any as far as I know). Of course going back to the 60s “free love” was a major thing. Maybe you’re referring to some time before that? Edit: ah I see, 1940s in especially conservative parts of Europe. That I have no idea about.
MomoXenosaga 4y ago
No it was "can we throw you at the enemy". Which depending on how the war is going can be as low as 12.
slfnflctd 4y ago
It's one of them, sort of. Yet another reason we should be protecting sex workers more and prosecuting them less. I think a lot of the negative acting out we see in young men would be dramatically reduced if they had more safe, legal options here.

I believe the traditional incentive to enter adulthood used to be sex availability. Things clearly changed.

dymk 4y ago

You think teens didn’t have access to sex in every generation before ours?

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galfarragem 4y ago
Anecdotally (according older people I know) having a supply of regular sex was way more difficult before. More shaming, more religion, less welfare, etc, may explain it. At the time, marriage could solve that biological need. edit: 80+ year old's in conservative Europe
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rhino369 4y ago
Before the 1960s, teenage sex lead to having a family—whether you wanted it or not—for the most part. So no, they generally didn’t have access to consequence free sex like we do.
trentearl 4y ago
Even now 27% of Americans aged 15 to 24 are virgins. I have to assume this number was higher for single people 50 years ago.
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- wink 4y ago
  I don't think 15-24 is in any way a reasonable bucket to sort people into... seriously. That's everything from high school to uni students to working adults...

synu 4y ago

Depends on when you mean by “used to be” but I was a teenager in the early 90s and there was definitely no such gate on availability back then. In fact it was almost the opposite (super mature, responsible kids weren’t getting any as far as I know). Of course going back to the 60s “free love” was a major thing. Maybe you’re referring to some time before that? Edit: ah I see, 1940s in especially conservative parts of Europe. That I have no idea about.

MomoXenosaga 4y ago

No it was "can we throw you at the enemy". Which depending on how the war is going can be as low as 12.

slfnflctd 4y ago

It's one of them, sort of. Yet another reason we should be protecting sex workers more and prosecuting them less. I think a lot of the negative acting out we see in young men would be dramatically reduced if they had more safe, legal options here.