American cultural messages about sex can be boiled down thusly:
1. Don't have sex, because it's evil, dirty and sinful.
2. If you absolutely must have sex, do it only to make babies.
3. If you absolutely must have sex that isn't strictly for making babies, then you must be straight, 22 and look like a swimsuit model.
4. If you're not straight, 22 and/or model-perfect and you insist on having sex anyway, for the love of all that's holy, keep it completely behind closed doors and never, ever speak of it in polite company, lest you horrify people with the mental image.
5. Actually, come to think of it, just don't have sex. It's easier to remember that rule, and you'll never be at risk of offending God or anyone else with the unfortunate fact that you have genitals.
6. Oh, and don't even think about it, you filthy pervert.
1. Don't have sex, because it's evil, dirty and sinful.
2. If you absolutely must have sex, do it only to make babies.
3. If you absolutely must have sex that isn't strictly for making babies, then you must be straight, 22 and look like a swimsuit model.
4. If you're not straight, 22 and/or model-perfect and you insist on having sex anyway, for the love of all that's holy, keep it completely behind closed doors and never, ever speak of it in polite company, lest you horrify people with the mental image.
5. Actually, come to think of it, just don't have sex. It's easier to remember that rule, and you'll never be at risk of offending God or anyone else with the unfortunate fact that you have genitals.
6. Oh, and don't even think about it, you filthy pervert.
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