The point remains. Some cultures and some people are more sexually virtuous than others.
De Sade was (at the time) and has always been held up as a extreme pervert. He died alone and penniless on the run from a death sentence. What he did was not embraced at the time, whereas BDSM is a cute hobby now. A woman could walk a man on a leash downtown in a major American city and do no more than raise a few eyebrows.
Law is downstream from morality and culture. I agree that there should be legal change. Bring back At Fault Divorce!
But a good start would be for men to start noticing that women with high body-counts are terrible wives. Next would be to notice that university graduates almost always have high body counts.
Bring back marriage as a contract between a man and a women before God.
From there we can move towards public parades of adulterers; both sexes for all I care.
But your idea that it was all the same debauchery forever? I don't agree. I just think that rich bastards always had more opportunity to do what they wanted, even if it was against the moral consensus of the day. To quote a certain movie: "It is good to be the king!"
The point remains. Some cultures and some people are more sexually virtuous than others.
De Sade was (at the time) and has always been held up as a extreme pervert. He died alone and penniless on the run from a death sentence. What he did was not embraced at the time, whereas BDSM is a cute hobby now. A woman could walk a man on a leash downtown in a major American city and do no more than raise a few eyebrows.
Law is downstream from morality and culture. I agree that there should be legal change. Bring back At Fault Divorce!
But a good start would be for men to start noticing that women with high body-counts are terrible wives. Next would be to notice that university graduates almost always have high body counts.
Bring back marriage as a contract between a man and a women before God.
From there we can move towards public parades of adulterers; both sexes for all I care.
But your idea that it was all the same debauchery forever? I don't agree. I just think that rich bastards always had more opportunity to do what they wanted, even if it was against the moral consensus of the day. To quote a certain movie: "It is good to be the king!"