Hi, AMERYHWU...it`s the infantalizing commenter, here.  

1. I don`t know whether I`d call the new Millennium an ``age of prudery``, but you`re right. Many men are `very, very careful with the opposite sex.`  Some, I suspect, will have nothing to do with them--beyond polite small talk.  Many other men older than 60 will tell themselves and, (if they feel the risk is acceptable,) tell their male friends `there but for the grace of God go I`--and that isn`t an admission of anything; it`s an acknowledgment of the incredible risks taken today if they acted as they did back in 1965, 1975 or 1995.  So call it the Age of Avoidance, call it the Age of Fear--especially when you consider how far back some charges of `sexual assault`go.  (Wonder why many men turn to on-line porn? Here`s one: it`s safe; charges of sexual assault are unlikely...)

2. Absolutely.  
3. I agree with your ``remember`` statement. I`ll go further: Many people, knowing very little of the past, cannot be guided by it.