Are we more Puritan about food choices than sexual decisions today? Mark Regnerus:
In a fascinating Policy Review article, Mary Eberstadt notes a shift in language among educated adults of different generations, one that has moved morality away from the domain of sex and into the domain of food. Sound strange? It may be true. Eberstadt asserts that the intense moralization about sex – but utter disregard for food sources and diet – that was a trademark of the 1950s has given way to a reversal of sorts. Today many educated emerging adults obsess about food – its sources, preparation, nutritional value, and ingredients – but care much less about questions of personal sexual morality than their forebears. The older generation consumed 'junk' food, which today's cosmopolitans consider nearly immoral. On the other hand, the new cosmopolitans have 'junk' sex, placing far less moral weight upon sexual decisions than their grandparents did.
Mark Regnerus, p 75 Premarital Sex in America: How Young Americans Meet, Mate, and Think About Marrying.
I will interview Mark at our January 27 "Winning Ways" Banquet. More information here.
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