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I don't think people/society is progressing, either.

I don't really know what that would look like.

The old way - too structured, unrealistic and repressed.

I don't think limitless sex is a realistic model, either. Though some people seem to like that idea.

With DNA testing - there are men who engage in casual sex and then are completely dumbfounded when they are expected to pay for child support and their share of the hospital bill (I know people who have to try to get them to pay up). Maybe in the past is was easier to get out of it. Maybe they expect all of the women to abort.

So what is the balance? Should society have expectations - other than people be able/willing to accept the consequences?

Is it left to each sub-culture to write their own unwritten rules with the members of that sub-culture expected to figure it out - and for people to find the culture that fits them best?

I would be happy to hear what people think about this.