Sex Positive teaching is a global agenda. It has been for over 50 years.
Kinsey, Reich, and the feminists push to end all moral judgements over sexual pairings regardless of the sex, age, relation, marital status, number or species of partner(s). They see sex as a birthright and that everyone at every age should be sexually active.
Abstinence from heterosexual activity like abstinence from acting on homosexual desires is considered “unhealthy” because it is a supression of sexual desires.
There is as much of this going on in Europe as there is in America. American conservatives are called “puritanical” by Europeans. I’m not casting you in the same category, I was just wondering what term they use to brand those who still believe in morals in Europe?
The Sex Positive Agenda has been institutionalized which means that we fund it with our tax dollars even when we politically oppose it. The shadow government pushes the agenda from within health care and education institutions even when the political leadership hems and haws about the effectiveness of teaching “abstinence only”.
When homosexuality was legalized in every state in America, it was accomplished through the courts, not the legislature. When abortion was legalized in every state in America, it was accomplished through the courts, not the legislature. When slavery was abolished it required a constitutional amendment.
Where I come from, when we speak of “puritans”, we refer to people who believe that sexual abstinence before marriage is an absolute AND who insists on forcing that view on everyone else around them.
While the Swedish stereotype may be of a wildly promiscous bunch of heathens, it’s not very accurate. A girl who’s slept around a lot is still considered a “slut” and not very desirable and a guy who’s been with many girls is still considered “untrustworthy”. While we may be more “liberal” towards sex, we’re still predominantly monogoamous and sex occurs mostly within commited relationships. While it’s socially accepted that 16-17 year olds engage in sex, it’s also encouraged that it should happen within a relationship and that parents should be aware of and approve of it.
To expand on my original point, we tend to leave to issue of sexual morals up to the families and less to state-controlled indotrination. Sure, the schools gives us some guidance on how to use contraceptives and the meanings and risks with STDs and pregnancy. The teaching that abstinence is “unhealthy”, however, is not anything I’ve encountered, either by myself or heard from any of my siblings or friends of mine that are parents. And we dont shun people who made a choice to wait with sex. A 25-year old virgin by choice is a lot more accepted than a 17-year old who’s had 5 different partners already.
When we look at the US, we see a very polarized debate, with absolutists on both ends beeing very vocal. This is probably what’s spawned the general view that the US is “puritanical”, as you put it.