r/OldSchoolCool • u/Drnelk • 8h ago

1950s 1950s cool

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u/agingergiraffe 6h ago

My mom likes to say that every generation thinks they invented sex. We forget that our elders were freaks, too.

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u/SousVideDiaper 6h ago

People act like eating ass is a new thing but that's only because we're far more open about sex than our elders

Plenty of what they did in private was just as raunchy as what people do today

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u/de_G_van_Gelderland 5h ago

we're far more open about sex than our elders

I'm not even sure that much is really true. At least not to the extend you might think. They were probably a lot more open about it with their peers than they were with you. Just like the people here probably wouldn't be as open about it with their children as they are here.

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u/hatemilklovecheese 1h ago

I agree with you - having private bedrooms and private spaces for each family member is a really modern concept. Whole families used to share rooms. Even the very rich would have servants in their bedrooms. Sex used to be a lot more open and a lot less taboo to see or hear happen.