 What does the author mean when stating: "And the people were grateful"?
What would happen to our sex life then, if Deb (who participated in this story because she loves me and because she has tenure) and I tried for the first time to make something happen to it? A woman I know says women's magazines are the best places in America to find sex tips. Each position was accompanied by a succinct write-up and a stick-figure diagram. The position we settled on was "The Butterfly," which we had to read three times to comprehend. Instead she runs through all the euphemisms for oral sex and then the video cuts to XXX action with gratuitous commentary. The inanity of the experts and the dubious casting make these films about as erotic as ...
 Since Americans are having considerably less sex than was generally thought, people were relieved for the opportunity to openly speak of sexual matters.
 Serious-minded people enjoyed the opportunity to discuss sexual matters because they wanted to investigate why the average American adult is sexually deprived.  People like to gossip about other people's private sexual lives.  President Clinton's approval ratings stayed up because people love sex scandals and found themselves justified in openly speaking of these matters.  Since Americans are having considerably less sex than was generally thought, people were relieved for the opportunity to openly speak of sexual matters.