Such libertinism has always existed in many European countries and in the colonies in the American continent. It was, however, socially, religiously, and often legally unacceptable to engage in such behavior, facilitate others in any way to engage in such behavior, or to express opinions in defense of such behavior, in print (since the printing press has been around) or otherwise. Liberalism, itself a product of Protestantism, and its spawns, Socialism/Communism and Progressivism (Communism lite), ever since the Endarkenment, has systematically demolished all legal, religious, educational, and social constraints (Liberalism like Communism and Protestantism is anarchical), with the result that what used to be rare, shunned, sinful, unacceptable, criminal, has now spread to all classes of society (even the clergy) and is now spreading to the rest of the world.