It isn't that there isn't any lust, but rather the sum total of the "chemical" lust is reduced because it isn't constantly in your face. There are no half naked women (or men) walking down the street , on billboards, or magazines. Think about this, when you are watching TV and every 11 minutes...
No I've been to the middle east and it is an almost a lust free zone except for the women in the freer parts who have absorbed western culture and started wearing tight clothing.
Where things ever simpler? Or by that expression do you mean when technology and science were simple? Science is a fundamental part of my belief; ergo, its provable platform is sometimes the only thing I believe in. I think the acceptance of sexually wanes and waxes through the generations. I...