tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19346366.post8098893456757899056..comments2024-03-28T21:56:51.675-04:00Comments on Face to Face: Racquet sports and overall fitnessagnostichttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12967177967469961883noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19346366.post-16848048872798154012013-01-28T20:37:18.101-05:002013-01-28T20:37:18.101-05:00Tennis was huge in the 80s, with anyone having any...Tennis was huge in the 80s, with anyone having any pretense of upward mobility taking up the racquet. All through the late 70s and the 80s the tennis courts in Central Park were booked up weeks in advance. Nobody felt self-conscious in short shorts because the boomers (just entering their heyday) felt incredibly physical and sexy -- as they had a right too (you don't quite realize how odd and excessive these long shorts basketball players and other athletes now wear look to someone from that era. They look effeminate like flowing, knee-length skirts.) People exercised in the gym when they weren't playing tennis, but they weren't lifting weights, they were in aerobics classes, or trotting on treadmills (jogging in the park, too). Weight-lifting was still considered declasse into the late 80s, when it was taken up with non-ironic gusto by the oldest post-boomers.Fazenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19346366.post-7953106621736526682013-01-28T05:31:27.231-05:002013-01-28T05:31:27.231-05:00OT but may be interesting to you:
Economic analys...OT but may be interesting to you:<br /><br /><b><i>Economic analysis finds penicillin, not 'the pill', may have launched the sexual revolution</i></b> -<br /><br /><i>For his study, Francis chose three measures of sexual behavior: The illegitimate birth ratio; the teen birth share; and the incidence of gonorrhea, a highly contagious sexually transmitted disease that tends to spread quickly. <br /><br />"As soon as syphilis bottoms out, in the mid- to late-1950s, you start to see dramatic increases in all three measures of risky sexual behavior," Francis says. While many factors likely continued to fuel the sexual revolution during the 1960s and 1970s, Francis says the 1950s and the role of penicillin have been largely overlooked. <br /><br />"The 1950s are associated with prudish, more traditional sexual behaviors," he notes. "That <b>may</b> have been true for many adults, but not necessarily for young adults. It's important to recognize how reducing the fear of syphilis affected sexual behaviors."</i>Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com