Lessons From the Soviets about Sexual Morality

<div class="OutlineElement Ltr SCXW232009080 BCX4"> <p class="Paragraph SCXW232009080 BCX4"><span class= "TextRun SCXW232009080 BCX4" lang="EN-US" xml:lang="EN-US" data-contrast="none"><span class= "NormalTextRun SCXW232009080 BCX4">The</span> <span class= "NormalTextRun SCXW232009080 BCX4">Soviet</span> <span class= "NormalTextRun SCXW232009080 BCX4">Union</span> <span class= "NormalTextRun SCXW232009080 BCX4">was</span> <span class= "NormalTextRun SCXW232009080 BCX4">well known for</span> <span class= "NormalTextRun SCXW232009080 BCX4">rejecti</span><span class= "NormalTextRun SCXW232009080 BCX4">ng</span> <span class= "NormalTextRun SCXW232009080 BCX4">so-called “bourgeois”</span> <span class="NormalTextRun SCXW232009080 BCX4">morality</span> <span class="NormalTextRun SCXW232009080 BCX4">in</span> <span class="NormalTextRun SCXW232009080 BCX4">ways</span> <span class="NormalTextRun SCXW232009080 BCX4">that</span> <span class="NormalTextRun SCXW232009080 BCX4">led to</span> <span class= "NormalTextRun SCXW232009080 BCX4">reject</span><span class= "NormalTextRun SCXW232009080 BCX4">ing</span> <span class= "NormalTextRun SCXW232009080 BCX4">reality</span><span class= "NormalTextRun SCXW232009080 BCX4">.</span></span> <span class= "TextRun Highlight SCXW232009080 BCX4" lang="EN-US" xml:lang= "EN-US" data-contrast="none"><span class= "NormalTextRun SCXW232009080 BCX4">Economically this meant</span> <span class="NormalTextRun SCXW232009080 BCX4">squashing</span> <span class="NormalTextRun SCXW232009080 BCX4">human</span> <span class="NormalTextRun SCXW232009080 BCX4">self-interest</span> <span class="NormalTextRun SCXW232009080 BCX4">in</span> <span class="NormalTextRun SCXW232009080 BCX4">favor of</span> <span class="NormalTextRun SCXW232009080 BCX4">state control</span><span class= "NormalTextRun SCXW232009080 BCX4">. </span> <span class= "NormalTextRun SCXW232009080 BCX4">So,</span> <span class= "NormalTextRun SCXW232009080 BCX4">basic modern commodities like cars and plumbing could</span></span> <a class= "Hype