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It seems obvious to me that culture has complex patterns both whose underlying deep themes and surface manifestations can contradict, and that it is at the ultimate level a non-self-consistent jumble of these themes - which nonetheless span generations and form a recognizable whole. If that isn't usefully called a culture, why not?
I tend to agree with respect to the importance of complex cultural patterns and deep themes. Culture is far more relevant than memes in this context. The more powerful 'memes' floating around here are the ideas Sally has about sexual liberation and health being the important factor - and they are far less important considerations than the underlying cultural and instinctive incentives that her emotions are trying to process for her.