VLVL2 "...like a porno star" ? (237)

[Bandwraith at aol.com]

In a message dated 2/9/2004 1:18:56 PM Eastern Standard Time, 
paul.mackin at verizon.net writes:

> The incidence of
> sexual promiscuity materially took off in the seventies. You almost had
> to have been there to appreciate the change. It's hard to quite realize
> now that having sex with a reasonably desirable person one had been
> introduced to  became almost like shaking hands.

There's some truth to this, yet, ironocally, the hemlines did come
down. Energy once invested in political expression found a new
outlet through overly casual sex. Or was it that sexual activity stay
at a high level while all the rest of the sixties exuberance fell back
to pre-revolution levels?

respectfully
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