that we expect so much more from it. As has recently been cited in the New York Times, people (at least in America) have fewer close friends then they use to. This means that spouses have to lean on eachother for emotional comfort even more than ever. Comfort one once recieved from friends is increasingly less available, and this can put strain on the marriage. The "rules" for how a marriage should play out no longer apply. Each couple has to find their own division of chores, economic responsibilities, child rearing responsibilitie, rather than relying on gender defined roles. Reviving the notion of the chaste and "pure" woman, is perhaps a nostalgia for when the rules of relationships were simpler and easier to negotiate. Lastly, the financial insecurity of globalization also plays its part. Increasingly, households need both the husband and wife's incomes. Wages have been stagnant for a generation and it is women's increasing involvement in the workplace that has glossed over this stagnation. This nostalgia for chastity is perhaps symptomatic of people longing for a day when there was the security of one breadwinner. I would also like to add a comment in regards to how much women want sex. I have found that generalizations do not do much good. I have met women who generally did not need much sex in their lives, and I've met women who's desire equals or even surpasses men. One thing I have found strangely is that while many men publicly like