What Is `Real Sex`

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What is Real Sex

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The concept of real sex ' has been widely defined over the short course of American history . Of course , only recently has it become socially acceptable to even talk about sex in the public spectrum . Even when kept silent , though , Americans had their own differing definitions of sex and its implications . When Alfred Kinsey conducted his groundbreaking sexual census , surveying the bedroom practices and preferences of everyday folk to form a comprehensive collection of data the public was shocked at the

sheer audacity of his scientific inquest The mere idea that sex could be enjoyed and explored beyond the specific purpose of procreation was much more than many could handle

Since the Puritans first settled in New England , having fled religious persecution to establish their own regime of legalism in the New World Americans have been entrenched in a way of thinking that restricts sexual boundaries and arbitrarily demands that sex and procreation be strictly synonymous . The legacy has continued for more than 300 years with modern Americans enacting the Puritan principles through legislation and practical discrimination against those whose sex lives do not revolve around making babies and perpetuating the nuclear family This mindset about sexuality is ultimately harmful to society restricting Americans ' ability to understand each other as well as their own individual sexual desires and inhibitions

Cultural variations have a lot to do with currents of understanding about American sexuality . Religious circles obviously have more inhibited ideas about...