I probably come into your category of 'less moral' than the previous generation.
I have three boyfriends. They all know about each other. They are all happy with this situation. We do not have any sneaking around or lying about where we've been or who we've been with, or any lies of omission. Before agreeing to have boyfriend 3 be a boyfriend, I asked 1 and 2 if they were OK with it. If either of them had said that they weren't comfortable with it (preferably with reasons why), then that would have been that - no boyfriend 3, and we'd still be just friends.
I have several gay friends, a few transvestite and transgendered friends, and even one poor soul unfortunate enough to work for Microsoft. I have friends of all colours, from all over europe, australia, america and don't as far as I'm aware, treat any of them any differently.
My parents. One cheated on the other, nearly destroying their marriage. While not actively hostile to people with alternate sexualities, or of other races, they probably wouldn't have any as friends - except for the waiters in their favourite curry-house, and they've not figured out yet that the waiters don't actually *like* them. They drink heavily and dad tells racist and sexist jokes. My mother went on the pill at 16 after a bit of a scare, whereas I was still a virgin at 18. When drunk my father has been known to tell stories about girls he dated before my mother who he didn't actually care about at all - whereas I've had feelings for everyone I've slept with and I don't choose my partners by their looks.
If we go back further than my particular little crowd to, say, the Victorians, you have a very prudish people - though the society had a lot of child prostitution among the poor, many of whom were starving, and let's not forget slavery... |
