Is there any literature on how, in recent decades, leisure, hedonism,

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Is there any literature on how, in recent decades, leisure, hedonism, casual sex and even drugs kind of joined the sphere of "obligations" you're supposed to attend?

Back in the day, these used to be means to escape or at least seek momentary refuge from the reality, the daily duties and the obligation and demands of society. Counter-cultures centered around those things became a way to reject the stiff life of work, discipline, religious self-restraint, moral conservatism, family-oriented sexuality and all the rest.

Now, it's right up there with them. For young people, a shocked "you're not a virgin anymore?!" of old days became a shocked "you're still a virgin?!" because the underlying assumptions shifted from negation of bodily pleasure to a constant chase of it. The sexual revolution happened so a bunch of dorks could freak out about being virgins at 18.

I know I sound like a reactionary, but I'm not. I'd like some literature on how society codifies its values and man's relationship to them. You know, about how the content changes but something about the structure remains intact. And some philosophical shit on how to escape it.

Sorry if this is all too stupid and/or vague.