Sorry, it is true.
I lived the 60’s, my grandmother who was a flapper, thought the whole issue on free love was funny.
She said the 60’s were child’s play compared to the 20’s.
Sexual promiscuity has always been around, now everyone talks about and exaggerates it.
There are may studies that demonstrate that people are not nearly as promiscuous as they pretend/claim to be.
Well, far be it for me to argue with your grandmother. All I have are uninteresting studies and figures to offer in return. However, I do have a bridge to sell to anyone who believes that we didn’t see a rise in promiscuity as birth control became easier and easier to get.
Sorry, you’re just wrong. My parents were born in the early 20’s themselves, and my grandparents in the late 19th century. I have no illusions that people were virginal in those eras, but it wasn’t the steady stream of uninterrupted sex with multiple partners from the teens through the 20’s and often into the 30’s as it is today. Men and women still got married when pregnancy reared it’s head in those days, and that alone made all the difference in the world.
“There are may studies that demonstrate that people are not nearly as promiscuous as they pretend/claim to be.”
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After Freshman year at college I went to work on a drill rig for the summer. Lots of teasing, etc. which was fine - part of the job. But one of the driller’s was a real jerk. Kept talking about all the girls he had screwed, loud, swearing, just obnoxious. He said something to me, I don’t recall exactly what. But it ended up me saying something like “Well, I sure like girl’s but I’m still a virgin” (Much to the chagrin of some of the girls I had dated).
He was the worst at making fun of me, but I didn’t care. The rest of the guys of course also chimed in and laughing, and picking on me. Not only was I the college boy - but a virgin too!
Every one of the guys (five?), except the driller, found me later that week alone and apologized to me. Saying things like “I really admire you”, “Well, I didn’t do it until I was 23 years old...”, etc. I thought it was pretty interesting.