Another widespread phenomenon: prevalence of antidepressant (SSRI) drugs, which usually zap the sex drive. Put the two together and one may just stumble on the most obvious answer. best, Carol K. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Andreas Ramos" <andreas@xxxxxxxxxxx> To: <lit-ideas@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Sent: Thursday, June 03, 2004 10:52 PM Subject: [lit-ideas] Re: "No sex please - we're Japanese" > From: <JulieReneB@xxxxxxx> > Subject: [lit-ideas] "No sex please - we're Japanese" > > > > > http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&cid=676&e=4&u=/usatoday/nosexpleasewerejapanese > > > This intrigues me. I'd like opinions re. why this trend in Japan (John?) > and > > such an opposite trend (if in its extreme form it can be called merely a > > "trend") in the U.S. > > See this week's New York Times Magazine. > > The real trend in the USA isn't the sexuality, but the collapse of dating > and social life. It's the same in Japan and the USA. American kids aren't > dating. American adults aren't dating. There seems to be a wide spread > phenomenon going on. > > yrs, > andreas > www.andreas.com > > ------------------------------------------------------------------ > To change your Lit-Ideas settings (subscribe/unsub, vacation on/off, > digest on/off), visit www.andreas.com/faq-lit-ideas.html ------------------------------------------------------------------ To change your Lit-Ideas settings (subscribe/unsub, vacation on/off, digest on/off), visit www.andreas.com/faq-lit-ideas.html