Viewpoint: That Old-Time Religion
December, 1982
In the dark ages before the pill and penicillin, man's sexual impulse was held in check by three fears: those of pregnancy, venereal disease and exposure. Science eliminated the first two and experience took care of the third. The world was made safe for pleasure. Or so we thought. But we seem to have underestimated the idiocy out there.The puritans are making a comeback. Not a week goes by without the press's reporting a new strain of asymptomatic V.D. or bugs that are resistant to penicillin....
