I believe there is a relationship between having an interest in the arts and the behaviour of society as a whole. Some politicians find it difficult that the arts is a weapon of happiness... Politics is often about deprivation rather than the opening up of ideas and nourishing creative endeavour.
People generally have sex fairly young, and probably younger than they should be having it.
Sharing the holiday with other people, and feeling that you're giving of yourself, gets you past all the commercialism.