what is the meaning of "old sexual taboos are reasserting themselves"

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probus

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To me that "basic contradiction" seems entirely imaginary.
 

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Perhaps we should discuss only the language used in the context of the original text here. We don't need to go into our own views—only to say what we understand the original text to mean.
 

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To sum it up very briefly, he says that effective birth control changed everything. @remington1969 did you get that message?
 

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For those asking about the grammar, I suspect this is part of a longer sentence, and sometimes in speech people run phrases onto each other and don't always construct grammatical sentences.

I just played the video and it isn't anywhere near 4:14. Where's it? I don't feel like listening to the entire thing.
Try earlier- 3:42 is where he says it, so go back a few seconds for the context.
 
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