Prior to mid 60s most sexually desirable gals married as virgins
Sorry but amongst respectable folk in Christian nation ....like we were till recently
The exact percentages of who’s doing what are impossible to verify, and again vary considerably among income, class, religion, immigrant status, area of country, etc.
Even in the 18th & 19th Century cohabitation was prevalent in this country (especially the South), people paired off and the marriage made it official, but waiting until after marriage for sex was not a huge cultural requirement. Often a marriage occurred to legitimize the child that was already on the way. That was the most important issue, not when the sex occurred. The importance of marrying a virgin was to ensure that the girl was not pregnant with another man’s child, although I doubt very seriously that most girls were virgins at the time of marriage unless they were expected to marry straight out of high school as in the 1950’s.
Popular attitudes toward premarital sex have always been more permissive than church or legal officials would have liked.
Thus, not simply a result of the 1960s.
Unlike many here u was around then and experienced it
Anyone thinks premarital sex was common prior to the pill is obviously young and poorly informed or purposely daft
The mere fact I have to explain this is more proof how well media and academia have done at corrupting the historical imprint
The pill is likely the primary culprit but there were many
You know I reread your post and am astounded how brainwashed you are
“Most girls who married were not virgins in the 1950s”
Hell yea they were ...even poor blacks and whites too......how old are you
The rest of your post reads like social anthropology agit prop taught to you by a pinhead likely subsidized by a taxpayer
Either that or you read too much Playboy Adviser