The type of fig leaf which each culture employs to cover its social taboos offers a twofold description of its morality. It reveals that certain unacknowledged behavior exists and it suggests the form that such behavior takes.
“The starship thing is really political action and reaction, the natural outgrowth of Volunteers.”
“When I invite a woman to dinner, I expect her to look at my face. That's the price she has to pay.”