Youth and Sexuality in the Twentieth-Century United States

John C. Spurlock, "Youth and Sexuality in the Twentieth-Century United States"
English | ISBN: 113881749X | 2015 | 172 pages | EPUB | 1349 KB
When did the sexual revolution happen? Most Americans would probably say the 1960s. In reality, young couples were changing the rules of public and private life for decades before. By the early years of the twentieth century, teenagers were increasingly free of adult supervision, and taking control of their sexuality in many ways. Dating, going steady, necking, petting, and cohabiting all provoked adult hand-wringing and advice, most of it ignored. By the time the media began announcing the arrival of a ‘sexual revolution,’ it had been going on for half a century.