Latter Day Saints and Certain Relations

     Maybe this is more of a journal entry than a public blog. If you're afraid of personal journal entries, I would skip this blog. I came up with an intriguing question in class this week. I don't necessarily need commentary, but I would like you and I to ponder this. My generation was born after the crazy times of the Women's Rights Movement, the Divorce Revolution, and Sexual Revolution. As Latter Day Saints we are instructed to preserve the sacred powers of procreation for marriage. The sexual revolution seemed to turn it into an act of recreation. Even as Mormons, I wonder if our perspective of intimacy has changed because we are inevitably immersed in worldly culture and opinions. Most of our opinions about sex came from our parents and peers.
     We are given Gospel instruction. We are encouraged to go through a certain structure of dating, courting, engagement and eventual marriage. Even then, I wonder how much our perspective of sex is influenced by the worldly perspective. And as our children grow up, how much will they be influenced by the World's changing opinions?