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...moral attitude of the Wellelsey girl appears relativistic and sometimes self-contradicting. Three-quarters of these girls would not smoke marijuana, while almost nine-tenths have never smoked it. Most girls who refused to smoke it declared they had no curiosity about marijuana. On the other hand, only 40 per cent of the girls who answered the question are opposed to sexual intercourse before marriage, although more than 70 per cent of them had not had sexual intercourse when they filled out the questionnaire. In this case, the principal objection to intercourse was a moral...

Author: By Jeffrey C. Alexander, | Title: Malaise at Afternoon Tea: A Portrait Of Wellesley and the Girls Who Go There | 2/14/1967 | See Source »

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