Hints of homophobia aside momentarily, the constant pairing of sex and violence has done a number on the GenX psyche as well. Those kids laughing at Adrian in the 80s were the adults buying the issues of Playboy with Sable, Torrie and Chyna in the 90s/00s. And who can seriously deny that there is a connection between the rise of the Web, the explosion of popular culture and the roots of our current infestation of toxic misogyny at just this time...?

Garbage in, garbage out, as the cliché goes.