Anyone know if the post-Freudian Sexual Revolution worked?

Anyone know if the post-Freudian Sexual Revolution worked?

Just wondering. I’ve been watching with some amusement the anti-Christine O’Donnell coverage in the MSM. Not being from Delaware, I have no horse in that race, and don’t really care one way or another. But I chuckle every time they mention that she ‘is against masturbation!‘ My question, does embracing the glories of masturbation solve the social ills it was supposed to? Remember, we only embraced the sexually permissive attitudes because we had to, science and psychiatry all insisted that if we got rid of sexual repression, and embraced all manner of sexual expression, why everything from aligning the planets to effective chocolate diets would be the result. It would be a perfect world, with all those old problems associated with sexual repression eliminated. So, did it work? Are we getting rid of those old sexually related problems? Less men raping women? Fewer psychological problems? It’s just that the rising concern of pedophilia, child abuse, sexual assaults, STD and AIDS pandemics still has me wondering. Just wanting to know.


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