Are modern generations sexually irresponsible?

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Probably. I doubt there's a higher number of people nowadays who are naturally reckless about sex, but promiscuity -- especially for teenagers and young adults -- is now apparently considered the norm. People generally seem to believe that it's the only natural option and only strict religions have ever stopped people from humping everything that moves. Virginity today is as shameful as promiscuity was 60 years ago, so many young people are pushed by peer pressure into trying to have as much sex with as many partners as possible. If they want to save it for a stable relationship then their friends will assume they're repressed and unhappy and encourage them to get laid immediately.

well that is the problem of dogma loosing its interpretation, they become meaningless statements or take on entirely new meaning amongst the non-thinking or the agenda driven. Any article of morality requiers faith and is dogma if put into practice.

The act of sex is sold to teenagers as something they will all inevitably take part in during their teenage years so the only responsibility they have is to themselves and for the safety and health of the other. Safety and health is the only litmus test of the secular. Where is the ethics in sex, and why is it not taught? It is not taught because our education system is a values-free institution with the exception of tolerance, and equality.

Some of you might enjoy reading Growing Up Sexually in Oceania

http://www2.hu-berlin.de/sexology/GESUN ... ICSOLD.HTM

It depends,an ex friend has caught the Herpes,she won't use protection or inform her partners,she said so,This woman is 65,a growing number of seniors that are sexually active don't use protection,in most cases pregnancy is no longer a concern and they seem to think that people their age don't have STDs.As Jay Leno said"The only thing old folks wrap in plastic is their furniture".
I think birth control should be handed out in schools,make kids work so many hours at a daycare,see if they want to take a chance after changing dozens of diapers all day,snotty noses,the never ending wailing of an angry toddler.

Watch out for the grannies.

I think the biggest problem is the younger generation growing up right now. They never got to really be innocent. They learned about sex too early and felt the pressure to be sexual too early. And things will never be the same because they will raise their children (which are mostly born when the parents are 16-19 these days...) in corresponding ways...

Not true, most children are born when their parents are in their 30s.

Statistically, yes. There are pockets of deprivation where a parent in their twenties is considered older. My mum was 25 when she had me and I was the odd one out in a school where most people's parents were 19.

The problem is evolution has programmed human beings to be inclined to reproduce like rabbits. Historically large families functioned as cohesive units under which responsibilities and individual needs were distributed between different members. Technology and industry has made this model obsolete. In societies dependent on high levels of specialized skills, children are more of a burden than a help. Single parents are especially vulnerable.

I'm almost 30 and I still have no kids, that's 8-10 years older than my parents and either set of grandparents. I wouldn't say I've been responsible, but I'm a fast learner when I need to be.

Yes I think so!

The next sexual revolution will be communism.

Tough to say if generations have become more irresponsible or just more honest about being irresponsible.

taking care of children is too burdensome in our society.

Depending on which culture you are referring to, people might or might not have become increasingly sexually irresponsible from generation to generation. I used to think that ancient Chinese people were mostly sexually responsible because of the saying "Better to starve to death than to lose your chastity." How wrong I was!

Let me present to you the plot lines of certain Chinese operas composed in ancient times...

"The Wall and the Horse" ("Qiang Tou Ma Shang"): Rich Guy was riding a horse when he noticed Rich Girl standing by a wall. Rich Guy sent Rich Girl a poem, confessing to her that he had fallen in love with her at first sight. Rich Girl replied in a poem that she would like to rendezvous with him in her garden late at night. Rich Guy agreed. Rich Guy later brought Rich Girl back to his mansion in Chang'an where they cohabited for years. Rich Girl bore Rich Guy a son and a daughter. When Rich Guy's father returned to the mansion after a long trip, he was horrified upon learning that his son had been cohabiting with Rich Girl. He chased Rich Girl away from the mansion. After Rich Guy had become an official, he found Rich Girl and promised to marry her, but Rich Girl only married Rich Guy after receiving an apology from Rich Guy's father.
"Romance of the Western Chamber" ("Xi Xiang Ji"): Guy and Girl were in love with each other but Girl's mother would rather marry Girl off to Girl's Cousin. Maid arranged a rendezvous where Guy and Girl had pre-marital sex. To cut a long story short, Girl's Cousin committed suicide in the end. Guy and Girl married.
"The Peony Pavilion" ("Mu Dan Ting"): Girl had erotic dream in which she had sex with Guy. Girl soon died of depression when she realized that her erotic dream was just a dream. Guy found a portrait of Girl hidden under a rock. He was exclaiming how beautiful Girl was when Girl's ghost approached him, calling him her lover. Guy had sex with Girl's ghost. Girl's ghost instructed Guy to hack her coffin open. He did. Girl came back to life and married Guy.

In many ancient societies, polygamy is legal, hence sexually irresponsible men can "assume responsibility" by taking concubines. Since most modern societies have already outlawed polygamy, people can't find any excuse to legalize their sexual irresponsibility.