Why is s*x viewed as so taboo in our country

Question

They act like s*x is so wonderful, yet they also act like it's really taboo. Why can't people just not say anything about it and treat it as something natural that people do? I mean, I can see it being taboo in some situations, but when it comes to 2 people who really love each other, what's the big deal?

Answer 1

The reasons are plentifull but the main reason I can think of is do to western European culture and religion from which the United States was founded on. The preavaling culture in western Europe derives primarilly from the Romans, do to their massive invasions throughout Europe and their efforts to culturally assimilate the people they conquered, a proccess known as Romanization. One thing the Romans highly stressed in their societies was sanitation, proper sanitation was what allowed the Roman population to grow so large at a raight that was much faster than anything else in Europe. One of these sanitation ideals was contraception, the Romans stressed this because they had seen the affects of sexually transmitted diseases and a run-away population.

Second religion, in western religion(primarilly Christianity) s*x is viewed as sin and for the longest time that was all anyone really thought about it in Europe. Your argument that its just natural hadn't really appeared in Europe untill the enlightenment when renecsance scholors began to study the natural world. One of the most important works regarding this was Charles Darwin's The Origin of Species. In the Origin of Species, Darwin wrote about how in order to be a successful species organisms needed to be able to survive in their environment and reproduce. This got people to begin thinking of s*x as something natural, despite the continued discourgement from western religions.

To this day that conflict continues and that is why s*x is viewed as both taboo and something natural that people do.

Answer 2

nobody wants to talk about it but everybody is doing it, old people included, just look at all the viagra and cialis commercials!  

Answer 3

There isn't a deal :S As long as you are private about it, no one will see that type of s*x as taboo. Some people just give the act of s*x a bad name, and use words that make it sound less wonderful then it is and sound dirty.

Answer 4

In what country are you in. Because I am in the USA and this place is full of s***s, hoes, studs, midgets, circus acts, bimbob and bimbet, missy prim and mr. proper. You name it, we got um. The uptights to the 90 year old viagra popping skirt chaser. Oh ya, we got um.

Answer 5

its the thorght of Other people having s*x that grosses me out... especially if they are ugly!

Some people are just more prude than others

... ill admit i am a bit prude.

probly coz iv never had s*x b4

Answer 6

The original colonies were founded by Puritans and those are the values that shaped our country (USA).