Editor’s note: Part III of “Is This About You,” written by Eric Francis, is part of the Planet Waves archives, only available to subscribers ofВ Planet Waves Astrology News. It contains thousands of articles and horoscopes written by Eric and the Planet Waves team. –RA
I am not making the argument that ‘traditional values’ are inherently bad if that is what you choose, and also, don’t bash into the heads of the unwilling; or that we do not have the right to wait to have sex, or that early sex is inherently good; or that marriage and family life does not work well for some. Obviously it works for some and not for others. I am saying that after however many years of progress you want to count, the messages being sent to masses of people, particularly to school children, are largely the same moralistic and masochistic ones as they have been for countless generations, and in many respects they are more shrill and threatening today.
And I suggest that, on another level, if you subtract all discussion of personal issues, our society’s constant dwelling on violence is an attack on the inner sanctuary where people love, feel, and choose how to love and feel in a way that is right for them. Couple that with moral guilt trips and you have a real formula for a miserable society. Who gets beyond this? Look around at the people in your life and do a survey. Who has actual loving sexual happiness in their lives? What do you think it will take for you to have it?