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"About petting and necking the students would know more than the professor," he asserted.

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Marital-Minded Students Sign Petition For "Practical Sociological Course" | 1/10/1939 | See Source »

> There is no evidence that a couple's income, religious training or differences in age or education affects its marital happiness. Contrary to the findings of other experts, early marriage, brief acquaintance before marriage, petting in adolescence, inadequate sex instruction, have little effect on marital happiness. But relative mental...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Science: Marriage & Happiness | 10/17/1938 | See Source »

Authors Bromley & Britten introduce their book with a promising question: "Joe and Jane petting on the back seat of an automobile are unimportant. Five million boys and girls petting on public highways have national significance." Their banal conclusion: "Today's young people are groping for a philosophy of living...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Education: Confessional | 5/16/1938 | See Source »

Sex. "A lap behind'' the times, Oxonians still have the outlook toward sex of the post-War period, when ''intercourse was fashionable" and not taken seriously. Briant estimates 20% of undergraduettes (Oxonian for coeds) and 30% of undergraduates have sex experiences at the university. A popular...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Education: Beer & Skittles | 11/15/1937 | See Source »

¶ A debutante should not hold hands in public. "Petting is not a practice in best society."

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Education: Autocrat of Etiquette | 9/20/1937 | See Source »

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