Media bubble-think: Sex is antiquated
A New York Times wedding planning quiz omitted any reference to sex as a wedding night activity, prompting criticism from commentator Leah Libresco Sargeant, who highlighted the omission as emblematic of elite media disconnect. The incident sparked online discussion about shifting cultural norms around marriage, sex, and secularism, particularly within progressive urban circles. The debate reflects broader societal changes in how marriage and intimacy are viewed, especially among older, cohabiting couples who marry later in life.
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Wedding season is approaching, and so the New York Times ran a special wedding planning feature, which included a quiz. Question 10 on the quiz might have sounded a bit racy to some ears: “How do you want to end the night?” Recommended Stories The future of working women Democrats went to El Salvador for Abrego Garcia, but who visited Iryna Zarutska’s family? Mazie Hirono suddenly remembers there are biological differences between men and women If you, reader, are a normal person, you can almost hear the winks and the chuckles, and brace for the borderline-inappropriate joke. But then you read the New York Times’s five possibilities: One involved cheeseburgers and phone calls, another was calling in friends for an after-party, and the third involved Jell-O-shots at the local bar.
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