[mugs99]

In fact, the past was more sordid, grubby and immodest than anything we can now imagine

Pornograpy was mainstream in the Roaring Twenties. Modesty and censorship evolved during the depression years. I'm not taking a position here, that's just a little bit of history most Americans are unaware of today. Betty Boop was originally an 'adult' cartoon and "boop" was slang for sex.

Our modern film industry began with porn. In fact, the best film of auotomobiles in the early days is from porn flicks. The only movies of the 1908 Reo on the road are porn. It was a very popular car for motor picnics.
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[Campion]

Pornograpy was mainstream in the Roaring Twenties. Modesty and censorship evolved during the depression years.

You are completely out to lunch. Books thought to be "dirty" were banned in the 1920's. Today kids can get far racier stuff at any public library.

To claim that "modesty and censorship evolved during the depression years" is absolutely insane.