[Mrs. Don-o]

A lot would depend upon what you mean by "sexual repression," the definition of which would vary dramatically according to different theorists (compare Sigmund Freud, Wilhelm Reich, Catharine MacKinnon, and Alix Kates Shulman, for intance) and also in the context of differing centuries, cultures, customs, and value systems.

It is a reasonable assumption that a culture that had a truly patholical hatred or fear of normal sexual expression would be unable to persist for many generations. Whatever happened to the Bogomils?

[babble-on]

or the Shakers. I guess “moderation in all things” remains the best advice, albeit rather inspecific