No such thing as normal
2007-02-16 08:05:49 · 9 answers · asked by yaboo 4 in Society & Culture ➔ Cultures & Groups ➔ Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender
An awful lot of erotica came out of the Victorian era, too. What's the question here?
2007-02-16 08:09:02 · answer #1 · answered by Theo D 3 · 1⤊ 1⤋
The sexual repression is what causes the success of the porn industry. People (generally speaking) are either unable or unwilling to openly discuss their sexuality and desires here in the US. As an outlet for their pent-up frustrations, they turn to what they view as "secret" and "dirty" to fulfill their needs.
If we were more open with each other, and more importantly ourselves, we would be able to have better control of our more primal nature and not need to resort to pornography to fill the void.
2007-02-16 17:11:44 · answer #2 · answered by Punkie'sDad 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
I suspect but can't prove that there is a positive correlation between a sexually repressed society and the large scale consumption of porn.
2007-02-18 16:07:23 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
I don't think it's so much that America is sexually repressed, more that it is shackled to the puritanism of the colonial days, which is held in the forefront of the media by the Religious Right.
2007-02-16 16:12:48 · answer #4 · answered by behrmark 5 · 2⤊ 0⤋
That seems about right from what Ive seen. They seem to either very anti sex or over the top porno wise. I guess there are quite sexually normal Americans but maybe they are like us (or some of us lol) and dont normally discuss it. Dont tell anyone else but Ive actually done it with a couple of 'normal' American blokes in my time. But I wouldnt want to broadcast it. ooops!
2007-02-16 16:11:16 · answer #5 · answered by jeanimus 7 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Yep - we have the biggest porn industry in the world - even beating holland. Then we have this problem with our people being more uptight about sex that that pope a dope guy in italy. we have what we call the "christians" here. they are the stoo-pid bigots, and we have millions of those.
2007-02-16 16:14:54 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 1⤋
The two things are almost inevitably linked.
2007-02-16 16:09:08 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Big business and money will always take precedence over propriety.
2007-02-16 16:12:03 · answer #8 · answered by castle h 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
It's called hypocrisy..the puritanical type.
2007-02-16 16:09:29 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 3⤊ 0⤋