Sex and Quarantines

> My thought is you would be lucky to have so many
> people with the time and energy to engage in sex at
> all. Until you have a sizeable population, everybody
> is - well - living in tight spaces. Would anybody

How big is "sizable?" 10,000? 250,000? A million?

> want to risk infidelity or strained relations over
> jealousy.

People do. Every day. And how about the people who are not married,
engaged, or in long-term (though non-marital) relationships? No
infidelity there, nor any need for jealosy.

> I may come off as a moralist in thinking this way.
> Still there has been a steady drop in activity (sperm
> counts included) that is not easily explained. If it
> is part of the highly competitive modern world then
> space dwellers are going to be hard at work building a
> future and not dating each other.

Perhaps, though it would contradict the entire history of the human
race. Look at the history of fronteir towns, and you will see people
hard at work building a future... and having sex. Sometimes married
sex, sometimes adulterous sex, sometimes casual or professional sex.
Who's busier than a soldier in time of war. It might be interesting
to google "camp follower". Also, the very word "hooker" comes from
wartime prostitutes.

> Like so many dual income professional couples, most nights nothing
> happens.

How about young professional singles just starting out in life?

> Pragmatism says not much is going to happen.

I think we all know which side wins in any contest between pragmatism
and sex! [hint: we're still here] Nah, I think there is going to be
plenty of sex in space, I just hope that we are more... well,
pragmatic about it (birth control and prophalactics are manufactured
for a *reason,* kids!).

Xenophile (who also suggests googling on brothel and nevada)