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             As Americans we tend to have a conditioned view toward sexuality as a normal, healthy
             part of life. However, it seems that one may underestimate the power that sex has on
             culture, which is evident in the many areas. Most recently discussions on a sexual
             nature received extreme national prominence with the public events surrounding the
             Kenneth Starr investigation and report, which focuses on the sexual aspects of the
             relationship between President Bill Clinton and a former intern, Monica Lewinsky. The
             result was a war of beliefs, morals and differences of cultures mixed with political
             manipulations. With the increase of sexual presence in our society, it is often wondered
             how this increase has affected morals and values of those who live it. Sex is
             everywhere--not just limited to the bedroom, but to the television, movies, billboards,
             office buildings and almost every fragment of modern culture. Around the turn of the
             twentieth century, open discussion and study of sex was well on its way.
             Sexual/cultural pioneer, Sigmund Freud believed that sexuality was tightly woven in all
             persons, present from birth. His breakthrough thinking affected social practices and was
             instrumental in breaking the "moral fog that had enshrouded sexuality for most of the
             nineteenth century did not begin to lift until after the First World War" (Janus 1993). By
             analyzing modern culture, a person can accurately determine the effects of the sexual
             revolution and how it has led to the alterations or evolution of personal, moral and
             Where do we get our morals and values? Character education was what took place in
             school and society in the past. This drilling of acceptable social conventions seemed to
             "contain" our culture for many years. In modern years society has shifted to the
             "decision-making approach" (Kilpatrick 1993...