"Coldly economic" is too cynic IMO. It's a practical solution to a practical problem that must be overcome for two young lovebirds to engage in sexual intimacy.

"Coldly economic" is too cynic IMO. It's a practical solution to a practical problem that must be overcome for two young lovebirds to engage in sexual intimacy. The solution to roughly the same problem today is a condom. Condoms are not the subject of many love songs, but they still enable something that very much is.