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by RcouF1uZ4gsC
3236 days ago
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According to http://www.slate.com/articles/health_and_science/medical_exa... In the US rural teens have more sex than urban teens. One of the theories of why this happens is boredom. Rural teens just don't have as many activities to fill their day as do urban teens. I wonder if something like that can explain at least part of this finding. The West during this time underwent massive technological and social change, compared to the Communist countries. In addition, in the Communist countries, complaining could land you in prison (see the Stasi and their informant network). Unless you wanted to risk your life escaping, the best coping strategy was probably to shut up and have sex to relieve your tension. |
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I can attest that life under socialism was perhaps a bit more boring, certainly there was less distractions (in the form of media, computers, games). However, I am not sure that the dictatorial nature of these regimes affected large enough portion of the population - most people were probably happier with having job security and general stability. I even heard stories from people that they could actually complain more in the job, because they didn't risk they would be fired. Not to mention the general laid back attitude to work that many people had.
However, your hypothesis somehow misses the "more pleasurable" part; it considers sex as something that is done when times are rough, and not as something that is also fun in itself.