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Re:Young U.S. men having a lot less sex in the 21st century,... by asdff on Friday June 12, 2020 @05:16PM (#23503995)
What social norms are really changing that are so very overwhelming? The only really changing social norm is wider acceptance of different lifestyles and people, and if it takes some people serious bandwidth to process the golden rule, maybe these people really should be sitting out on the outset of society for better or worse.

It seems harsh, but I see a lot of people externalize all their personal issues on perceived societal changes outside of their control, when really the the only change happening to society is the expectation that you treat everyone with equal respect.

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Re:Young U.S. men having a lot less sex in the 21st century,... by downerending on Friday June 12, 2020 @09:41PM (#23505912)
Take it from an oldster: norms are wildly different than they were in the 70s or 80s. Both sexes back then were highly motivated to pair off quickly.

The modern world is like being on a different planet.

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Re:Young U.S. men having a lot less sex in the 21st century,... by antepodius on Saturday June 13, 2020 @02:13AM (#23507254)
Equal respect? Social norms are a lot more complicated than that, man. You have to repeat all the right shibboleths, (subtly) honour the ingroup, and show appropriate hatred towards the outgroup.

E.g. if you're among roughly progressive upper-middle white people, your shibboleths are stuff like your comment, your ingroup that you're not allowed to overtly acknowledge exists but that you must still honour is progressive upper-middle class white people, and the outgroup you should show sufficient: A, hatred towards the rich B, disdain towards is lower-class white people.

Showing appropriate opprobum vers the outtribe might not be strictly speaking necessary, just highly recommended. Wouldn't want to be mistaken for them.

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Re:Young U.S. men having a lot less sex in the 21st century,... by geodel on Friday June 12, 2020 @09:06PM (#23505697)
> maybe these people really should be sitting out on the outset of society for better or worse.

Well they are already kind of sitting out.

> the expectation that you treat everyone with equal respect.

Thats an old humbug. IMO it merely means respect for people or group who are ideological flavor of the season.

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