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> while our own teens didn't have places where to get intimate, outdoor sex was way more common than it is today!

I just dont think teen outdoor sex is the thing that should come back.

Why not? Access to birth control has never been better in most places, and they deserve some fun before we "adults" destroy their future and maybe their lives.

Teens having outdoor sex happen to be correlated with teens not using protection.

And conversely, teaching them about protection and sex lowers their outdoor sex and random sex tendencies. Consistently.

It was a funny annecdote that I felt like sharing. In principle searching for solutions in the way things where done in the past is generally not a good approach.

The lesson there is still that given people more room for privacy is a factor, hence the radical (and absurd) proposal at the end.

For a different annecdote, my country also complains about constantly decreasing natality, but never celebrates decreased teen pregnancy. In fact we have right-wing parties that consider anything related to sex education, a problem.

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