i guess i want to add a comment after reading some of the massive posts above...

my parents were born and raised in india. they were married by the route of arranged marriage. basically they met for a few days, and then their parents told them that they were to be married.

they grew up never even giving much of a thought to sex until they had to. they never developed any kind of "game" as its called around here.

growing up, i was pretty much by myself in school (to an extent.) I just didnt have a clue about how kids were communicating with each other. apprently they were throwing innuedno at each other, and it was completely going over my head. in most settings, that was what mattered, game to kids in my school. the minute anybody started talking about something that wasn't innuedo related, people reacted as if their fun had been ruined.

i've just noticed that while sex is a normal and fun part of being human, in america it seems that its a form of entertainment. and to an overwhemling extent so. when i've gone to india, i've noticed that attitudes there have changed. they're a bit more open towards random dating and stuff, but traditions still hold alot of water there.

anyways, to conclude this, i guess i think that america just needs a big ass buttwhipping. if anybody has seen robin williams - live on broadway, he makes a joke that the french call americans "cultureless." while this nation IS a mixture of soo many different types of peoples, it also lacks a center identity that other countries have. there is no tradition here, unless mandated by your family. thus, the next couple of generations of americans will be in a unique position of perhaps being "between" cultures.