Is promiscuity now acceptable?

My question: When in the hell did promiscuity become an accepted societal norm? I've been thinking about this for awhile now after I got into a "debate" with a few friends (all three of them were female). After watching some Pussycat Girls, Britney Spears, and Madonna videos I heard them comment, "Boy, I would kill for that body." This disturbed for multiple reasons; then again, according to many, it is just female nature to feel envious about another or to look attractive. I disagree with these ideas, because I feel that women do this to please everyone around them (themselves being the last priority). I believe that it is a societal thing, and I based my argument (though I will admit, it had huge holes in it) on that idea. I believe strongly that it is our human duty to change the things in our family, society, world, etc. that are untrue and/or unhealthy. I believe that the majority of world problems are related to an uneducated, almost predisposed traditional mindset in which everything that we think, do, say, or see is influenced solely by what our parents have taught us. In other words, I believe that we are to question the beliefs, practices, lifestyles of our family and every institution that we can to evaluate them for serious faults (most of which come out of simple ignorance).

I do believe, however, that if something is good, there is no need for change. It is our human duty to make outselves PERFECT before we die. What better thing can we do? No matter what one believes, isn't this key to shaping the most purposeful of all purposeful lives? I have every intention of trying my BEST to make myself as perfect as I can make myself. I have my entire life to overcome my flaws rather than to let them fester and become part of who I am (though, not who I want to be).

I don't want to make this any longer, but I believe that our nation (even moreso than our world) needs either a complete martyrdom (in which we begin to value our morals under pain of persecution) or a complete re-evaluation of what really IS right. Have we let our society (particularly our media) make us forget what really is right? Have we dilluted what it means to be a good person, family member, worker,and friend? I think so, but I'm also not perfect. I'm part of this mess that we call a perfectly liberal society. I believe that it is my duty to make changes in any areas that I can to help improve life on earth.

I'll end with a piece from an Iggy Pop song that I found really interesting and amazingly true:

You're wearing a mask
You're wearing a mask
You're wearing a mask
You look better that way
You're wearing a mask
You're wearing a mask
You're wearing a mask
You look better that way
Are you my friend ?
Are you my plumber ?
Are you my God ?
What do you do ?
Wearing a mask
You're wearing a mask
You're wearing a mask
Which mask are you ?
Which mask are you ?
Complicated crushed up disappointed squirming angry thrusting stabbing regretting starving greedy human alien being, struggling down the street, up the alley, in the elevator, through the party, to the office, in the bedroom, on your way to the morgue. Bullshitting, lying, doing a good deed or feeling loved barely possible. Aware of insatiable demands of not a society all around you. Chunky frat boys in their shorts, pimps with old semite eyes, sex hoochies of the jungle, sensitive smart alec college graduates, critics fronting franticly in New York city, every body in L.A just plain licking ass or having it licked, irony in place of balls, balls in place of brains, brains in place of soul, where is the soul?, where is the love?, where am i?
Which mask are you ?
Which mask are you ?
Which mask are you ?
You're wearing a mask
You're wearing a mask
You're wearing a mask
which mask are you ?
- "Mask" Iggy Pop