What's a culture that's fixated on a fear of sex playing with?

The Deseret News is taking a bold step to openly address this subject, and I think it's a good idea.

Sex and sexuality are natural things, but in our culture there is little-to-no education or open and honest discourse about them. Because sex is very private and intimate, there is great vulnerability as well. This extreme vulnerability and secrecy (for lack of a better word) creates an environment for the exercise and abuse of power.

The media have huge responsibilities in their portrayals of sex, but they are only doing so to pander to and whet the appetites that already exist. After all, that's business.

It is time to get real about how we learn and understand human sexuality and begin to apply our efforts toward recognizing that respect for others is the underlying issue.

The News is doing the right thing.

Perhaps we force it to be even worse than it would be, if we, as a society, didn't force such "secrecy" and a "naughty,naughty" label against all things sexual.

First of all nobody is afraid of sex, and second of all would it be any better if politicians wer cheating on their wives openly instead of in secret?

Delavel Milker, Just what would a society fixated on a "fear of sex" be playing with? Cleaner media? kids not knowing what sex was until they responsible enough to deal with it? Less rape? Less molestation? Or are you just afraid of the thought of a society full of nothing but goody-goody types?

I agree with everything Jay Evensen wrote. At the same time, I don't believe anything he wrote will make a lick of difference.

While there will be individuals and institutions who holdout, the day has passed when words like "vulgar," "indecent," and "coarse" have any meaning in modern American culture. A pity.