As an adult he discovered that many other sapient Cluster species regarded sex in another flavor.
Unlike my mother, who seemed to regard sex as a barterable commodity, Hope always understood that there's nothing wrong with being an easy lay.
The Shinto faith does not regard sex as a taboo.
They simply happen to regard sex as both a physical and a spiritual experience.
The issue, really, is what are the responsibilities of this community as it regards sex and violence.
He seems to regard sex as fundamentally dirty and wrong though - and I imagine that does make his close relationships difficult.
But there is so much complexity about how this society regards sex.
Strictly speaking, the Bible regards pre-marital sex as a contradiction in terms.
This is contrary to the widely held belief that the Puritans regarded sex as dirty.