Attitudes about sexuality in USA?

Well, I think younger people are more open-minded because the world is constantly changing to a more tolerant culture about the whole topic. I think the general population though still think sexuality is a taboo topic and don’t want to talk about it.

Close minded… I mean, they frown on me and my sister…..

I think I’m a very open minded American person when it comes to sexual endeavors

I think it’s hard to say.

In the group of people I know, it’s pretty open. Although there is often monogamy, there is very little if any chastity before marriage, and there is plenty of casual sex. Homosexuality is considered completely acceptable, as is interracial dating and use of all sorts of birth control. We don’t just believe these things, we talk about them. Bear in mind though, I have always lived in or near major metropolitan areas, most of my friends are Democrats, many are atheists, and I am under 30.

I’d like to believe most of the country is like this, but then I see people arguing and voting against human rights, I hear about black women who are shamed for dating white men (and vice versa), women who are shamed for being the victims of sexual assault, and pharmacists who impose their own morals upon people trying to obtain legal substances.

So, sadly, to answer your question, the USA is divided I think. Much depends on where in the USA you live.

Have you switched on the television lately? I think America’s too open minded about sexuality.

I don’t know about that. But in my country(religion fanatic country) everything about sexuality would be banned. There’s nothing like that acceptable in my country. Everything must follow the traditional/religion way. I think people in USA is the contrary.

@Doctor_D Just curious- you’re from Indonesia, right? Is there a government religion? I don’t know if I worded that right… in the US we’re supposed to have separation of church and state (I say supposed to because it doesn’t always work out that way), is your country the same?

What state in the U.S.? People in NYC are likely to have a different take on sexuality than those in Wyoming (or maybe even upstate New York). What neighborhood? I don’t think there’s one uniform American attitude on sex.

I agree with @laureth It seems that each area is different on how it perceives sexuality. The bible belt area is defiantly different from a place like Las Vegas. Might as well be on a different planet! lol.

@HTDC the tv is precisely one of the reasons I asked this question. There seems to be a great deal of openness on the tv, but when it comes to individuals’ comfort level in talking about it, or their own ease with their bodies and their sexuality – it seems that many people continue to be very anxious and think that they ‘don’t measure up.’ Tv presents sexuality as an ideal (unrealistically in many cases) which can make people feel even more insecure about themselves if they think they don’t measure up.

Probably very in between. A lot of folks are open minded about sex, sexual orientations and give great value in transmitting proper comprehension of the matter to younger people.
But there’s always the loud crowd that thinks boobs on TV is the Devil’s work, and I’m thinking that sexuality wouldn’t be such a “mystery” or an issue if it wasn’t rendered taboo by those kinds of people who, unfortunately, find their views and opinions strongly seconded by political associations.

@Likeradar Actually yes. But since our multi-cultural country is dominated by Islam every governmental policies would be influenced by Islamic culture. Although they claim it isn’t like that.

We, Americans, fire our Presidents because they do it in the oval orifice. We also lynch our golf pros for sinking it into multiple sand traps. Yeah, Americans are backwards assed about sex.

@Silhouette Since when is disapproving of infidelity “backwards assed”?

It varies on where you live. well it did for me. I lived in Illinois but in more…wealthy areas people were more mature and could handle it/were open minded. But in the lower class areas people aren’t probably taught that by their parents. That’s just my experience.

It depends on what part of the country and the specific people being discussed. It also depends on the specific sexual act or sexuality.

For instance the Bible Belt is a lot different than San Francisco. However, even in San Francisco, thought of as one of the most open minded cities in the nation, there are some die hard conservatives about this and other things. In the Bible Belt there are people who are open minded… but they have to keep their mouths shut.

It seems to me that the conservative viewpoint on sexuality is becoming more prevalent recently. I suspect that this has to do in part to the political unrest and the feeling of Christians that their values are being compromised.

@Facade It’s not so much that we disapprove of infidelity, it’s that we feed off of a scandal that is technically none of our frigging business. If it were up to me, there would be a law — make it a constitutional amendment — forbidding the press from covering those acts performed by politicians in private and not directly related to the governance of those who elected them. This would include receiving hummers from someone other than your spouse or groping Chippendale dancers or waltzing in diapers while being sploshed by a dominatrix. For years, in fact, the media showed the good sense to ignore this stuff, which is why you never heard about the fact that JFK was fucking everything in sight. Reporters believed there were more pressing matters. Civil rights, for instance, not getting nuked — that sort of thing.
Not anymore, now it’s what we live for, who will be the next public figure caught with their undies down around their ankles. It’s pathetic.

@Silhouette So it’s the fact that it was a big thing in the news and not that fact that he was cheating which is backwards? I see.

The degree of “openness” depends on the group. We are not a uniform people, after all.

@Facade So you want to repeal the freedom of the press part of the first amendment?

@beancrisp I’d love to know how you came to that conclusion based on my comment.

@Facade I think beancrisp was probably talking to me. :o)
@beancrisp No, not really, it was just to illustrate how friggin stoopid it is. When we tune in to find out what is happening in our country we don’t want to know, nor need to know, who got caught with their pants down. Due to our juvenile obsession with sex, it’s the lead story. It just seems to me, there are more important matters that should be reported on. Can you imagine how much money is wasted running these stories. A 30-second spot during the 2005 Superbowl sold for $2.4 million. Can you imagine how many people must tune in every night to watch the Tiger Woods saga play out to make it possible and profitable to waste so much air time on Tigers willy?

Fact from fiction, truth from diction. The way us Yankees think of sex and sexuality, what is acceptable and what is not is a big boldface fraud. It is a genuine as Monopoly and even that might be worth more in comparison. American LOVE sex, they want it up front and personal but not really seen. Sex is used to sell everything from gum, eye glasses, burgers, loans, suits, scents, soda, watches, etc. You buy this brand you can score with the opposite sex. Sex that use to be taboo 45 to 50 years ago is all the rage now. Sex that use to be the rage 80 to 100 years ago is looked upon as scandalous now, and that is being generous. Americans don’t really know what they want; they know what they don’t want. Anything that gives out an immediate and visceral ”ick factor” is to be avoided if not outright outlawed. Some things are considered very freaky or kinky, and might have been illegal at some point, but they are not today; in fact they are enjoyed by the so-believed subculture. I know to many it is quite nebulous but going into all of the details sultry detail by sultry I would get labeled a flame baiter so I will let you fill in the blanks yourself (it is not that hard to do, trust me).