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Tao_Equus
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It has occurred to me when I look at the hotbeds of extremism the world over that by far the greatest majority of active extremists are young men. Nothing new there you say. But if you look yet again from the perspective of sexual norms in these societies is there a correlation between the degree of sexual repression and the fervour of extremists?
Islamic nations by far outweigh all others in the sheer numbers of youths you will find out on the street screaming extremist slogans. And in Islamic nations you find the strongest taboo and sanction against pre-marital sex. Is this a coincidence or are they intrinsicly linked?
In Christian-fundamentalist America the most politicly active youths all seem to have to sign up to this "no sex before marraige". Where as in main stream America where everybody is relaxed about sex young men have little interest in politics. The same seems genraly true in Latin America, Europe and Australia. The noticable exception to the rule is China where males far outnumber females in the youth population. But here we have a significant political machine ruthless in stamping on any reactionaries.
So does this culturaly imposed impotance amongst young men make them extremists? And thus is sexual freedom a key to world peace?
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Islamic nations by far outweigh all others in the sheer numbers of youths you will find out on the street screaming extremist slogans. And in Islamic nations you find the strongest taboo and sanction against pre-marital sex. Is this a coincidence or are they intrinsicly linked?
In Christian-fundamentalist America the most politicly active youths all seem to have to sign up to this "no sex before marraige". Where as in main stream America where everybody is relaxed about sex young men have little interest in politics. The same seems genraly true in Latin America, Europe and Australia. The noticable exception to the rule is China where males far outnumber females in the youth population. But here we have a significant political machine ruthless in stamping on any reactionaries.
So does this culturaly imposed impotance amongst young men make them extremists? And thus is sexual freedom a key to world peace?
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