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Originally Posted by ngdawg
only the wearers of 70's polyester would get that...that crap was horrid and would snag on things....
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I've worn my fair share of 70s polyester--REAL AUTHENTIC POLYESTER--and yes, it does snag quite a bit...
Anyways...
Ick factor.
Given my study of the history of sexuality, I will concur with kramus: our idea of what is acceptable regarding sex has changed considerably with the times. Certain things (homosexuality, for one) have waxed and waned over the course of centuries, and their "ick" factor has changed as their popularity/our understanding of the behavior has changed.
I think our reduction in the ick factor over the last century has to do with three factors: 1) the rise of popular visual pornography (there has ALWAYS been pornography, but in the 20th century it was much more visual than before), 2) the internet (duh), and 3) the secularization of society.
The fact is, people have always done "icky" things behind closed doors, but the decrease in church attendance and the lack of a central church overseeing all has contributed to the decrease in taboo considerably. On top of this, we're seeing more sex online and in print, and in order to sell more porn, porn is attempting to do more and more outrageous things...well, you see where this is going. Are gangbangs and bukkake ever going to be a popular sexual practice? Doubtful, but there are a lot of things porn has done in the meantime that are now popular sexual practice. As for the internet, well, as everyone has said here, it's provided a means of connection.
As for my own personal "ick" factor, if it's currently classified as a philia, it probably doesn't really do it for me, and most of the present philias rightly end in prosecution.
I don't have a problem with non-traditional relatonships, homosexuality, bisexuality, BDSM, transsexuality...any of that. And if you have a philia that you can engage in with a consenting adult (ie adult baby play) then fine. But no thanks.
As for the decrease in female body hair...I could go into an extensive history of depilatory practices from the time of the Babylonians, but I'll refrain. Needless to say, women have been doin' the Brazilian since before there WERE Brazilians.