from the atlantic's The Sexually Conservative Millennial
"[Public Religion Research Institute] surveyed 2300 Americans between the ages of 18 and 35, and found
that 37% think "sex between two adults who have no intention of
establishing a relationship" is morally wrong." assuming this is consensual sex, WHAT?! hahaha, i can hardly believe it! i mean, i totally can, but nearly 40% seems damn high!
of my close friends, very few of us have sex as described in the situation above. i have no idea how most of my peers are sexing. but media would lead me to believe that much more than 60% of us would have thought non-committal sex was totally cool. though, of course, your thoughts on something don't always reflect in your actions.
and for the record, i'm part of the 63%. consensual sex between adults is a nearly always a good thing. do it however you want.
(can i just say, i had to rewrite these last lines a couple times. kept wanting to... generalize it. was going to say that "sex is a good thing. do it however you want." but no, it's not always a good thing. rape, for instance. so i added "consensual." but there's also statutory rape, or consensual sex between kids, so i had to add the "between adults" thing. i made one more addition and decided to stop clarifying it. blarg.)
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That's actually lower than I would have guessed, considering ~70% of the adults in the US are Christian. So maybe it can be said that millennials are actually much more open-minded than the average person.
Media also has me believe that infidelity is pretty much guaranteed if you're a troubled, protagonist type.
re: age of consent, I categorize my thoughts on that right alongside all other minimum age requirements (driving, voting, etc.). It's impossible to police, but it should really be about the individual's knowledge on the subject. You should be allowed to do it as long as you're able to make a genuine informed decision.
random states on infidelity: http://www.statisticbrain.com/infidelity-statistics/
so it's only 1 in 5 people who cheat in a marriage. ...who will admit to it anyway.
i agree about the minimum age stuff too, but also legally agree for the same reasons you said: it's impossible to police. i wrote a post a few years ago about bestiality. about how the main reason i was against it is because you don't know if the animal actually likes it or not. eliciting a positive physical response isn't proof that it likes what's happening. and even if it likes it, but doesn't understand it, that's not kosher either. just like how having sex with young children, or mentally handicapped people is not okay.
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