HIST 386 Lecture Notes - Lecture 22: Combined Oral Contraceptive Pill, Carnaby Street, Private Investigator
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What did brits in the mid-century think about sex? in theory rules about pre-marital and extra-marital sex very strict. Geoffrey gorer (anthropologist), exploring english character (1955: half surveyed claimed to have no sexual experience with anyone but their spouses, might suggest very high level of chastity and fidelity. 52% opposed to men/63% to women having premarital sex. But other evidence to suggest what people did was not always what they did. Eliot slater and moya woodside (social psychologists), patterns of marriage: a study of. Marriage relationships in the urban working classes (1951) based on wartime working class families: 75% of the men/50% of the women not virgins at marriage, suggests pattern of premarital sex with intended spouses (not counted) Up until wwii 2/3 practicing birth control used pulling out (coitus interruptus: not that reliable ~ required more self-control than many men had lmao, women grateful to husbands that were thoughtful considerate .
