Approval of Premarital Sex Multiplies ; Young Women Especially More Permissive Since 1950s, Study Shows

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America's sexual revolution greatly affected young people, with young women especially becoming more permissive in their attitudes and behaviors in the past 50 years, a study shows.

A sixfold increase in young women's approval of premarital sex "was the biggest change," said Jean M. Twenge, a professor at San Diego State University and co-author of the study in the current issue of the American Psychological Association's Review of General Psychology.

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Approval of Premarital Sex Multiplies ; Young Women Especially More Permissive Since 1950s, Study Shows

Between the 1950s and 1980s, young women's approval of premarital sex rose from 12 percent to 73 percent. Among young men, su...

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