[lbo-talk] SEx in America (was: school uniforms)

[Wojtek Sokolowski]

> CB: However, there is a lot of free time for fun on the weekends. And
if you
> don't have to be to work until 9,  you don't have to go to bed until
12:00
> or 1:00.   I'm kind of skeptical about the working class doing it less
than
> college students.  Maybe you could get some stats on condom sales.  As
for
> U.S. working class social life in general, I don't know, There are
lots of
> bars that stay in business. I'm not persuaded of what you guess here.
> 

You might be right.  I am talking from personal experience.  When I got
off the boat some 22 years ago I discovered that US social life is
rather dull comparing to what knew from Europe.  Most of my subsequent
travels are consistent with that observation.  

As to the frequency of sexual encounters - I just reported what I read
in an acclaimed study, but I expressed my skepticism.  I think surveys
are notorious for misrepresenting non-public behavior.  But having said
that, I think that the image of "oversexed US" is a myth - in reality
the US is probably not much different from most other countries.  What
is different is that US-ers like to talk about sex in public, as well as
use sexed-up images as a marketing tool - which tends to be less
frequent elsewhere.

Wojtek