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

[Paul Mackin]

On Mon, 2004-02-09 at 15:13, Bandwraith at aol.com wrote:
> 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?

it's all relative I guess. And yes the sex revolution got started in the
sixties especially the late sixties.  I was talking more about the sex
revolution for grown ups. Affecting 40 and 50 year olds. Where the
market for porn is.

If one wants revolution AND sex see the new Bertolucci flic. The
revolution was mostly talk but the sex is real.

Also on the subject of the porn industry in Britain read the most recent
Amis novel. Yellow Dog. Good writing.