This is a mature subject meant for a mature awedance, if it was a video game it be rated M and if it was a move it would be rated R.
Based on a discution off the Pallidium Forum.
Primarly we are going to talk about North America do to the fact that it tends to be the default setting for RIFTS. There will be brief points about the rest of the world at the end of this paper. Sexuality and porngraphy are old concepts and there use in RIFTS is role-playing nature. The author does not condon violent or violent sexual act that don't involve consenting adults.
The largest population in North America is the Collition States, for this discution I will lump Free Quebec in with the CS as there is no radical difference between Free Quebec and the CS. In the CS men and woman are more equal than current society, both serve in the armed forces and society quite readly accepts that they die in combat. There remain a slight favoutism towards men in command but that is much more demographics and career asprations than factor more come. Over the last hundred years I would say that woman would have proven there worth to most people. Like current times I expect women to have their career first and the have children (at least in the fortress cities). This is likely safer than it is even is now. The other opition is to have kids first and then a career, equally as viable in the end. While I would expect the former to be most popular the upper class and military, the later being the fact of life for the low levelers. I expect homosexuals to have quite acceptance. Don't make waves and society ignores you. Without religion to drive the big moral arguement against, gays I think it pretty safe to say as long as they keep quiet, they will be ignored and can go about there business as normal. Overall - see sex as slightly more private.
Now before we talk about porn let's talk about psi-stalkers, psysics and dog boys and girls. Clearly psi-stalkers are going to be taboo on many level social, intellectually, and legally. While I doubt sex with psi-stalkers itself would be illegal I would doubt it would be legal to marry one. It be social unacceptable in all level of society I would think. Paysics are much more a grey area. There would be of course for some the mind domination question. Other than that it is going to be something people choose not to think about. They aren't likely to be upper levelers but many of them make desent to good money as specialists.
Dog boy and girl are a totally different kettle of fish. First of I will assume the gotten past the issue heat. Dog boys and girls at best are pet at worse foder for war. Lone star establish the it a rare reward for a dog boy and girl to get to mate certienly they don't raise children in a family. I doubt there is any marriage among dog boy and girls. Do to the largely miltary base of dog boy and girl life I fully expect them to be largely sexually confussed. They are rarely if every have anything that resemble a sexual relationship. They will be exposed such relationships through their fellow soilders. I expect that many dog boys and girls are attracted to the superior NCO and officers given their pack mentality.
Furry attraction of course now be a reality, with dog boy and girl featuring so promadly in society even as an under class. I expect that at least some of the rare mutants that are privately owned by upper levelers to be living sex toy in practice even if they have other roles listed in the government. Those caught in civalian well be punished harshly. The mutent in quest would likely be put down, the human will serve hard time. However without some kind of leak I would be a seldum proscuted crime. I am rather lost on the miltary, would be heavly punish, or would the go to a lighter punish sighting the rigers of war.
No talk about sexually is complete without talking about pornography. There really nothing to suggest that the CS has any high moral stance on sex. Porn will be privately funded but government approved, the propaganda department likely consider it a low rank position and it will have a stigma. Over all it will look like normal north american main stream style the most riskie porn will be teen based and orgy. It will come in compact media, CS internet, and print media. It is all picture based and voice baised instructions. Military themed porn will be catch 22. I see it as being high demained because of related propaganda, but lothed by high command.
Updated April 9th, 2009
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