What a bunch of polyannish, idealized, fairy tale crap.
The Seven Year Itch was a comedy about adultry, and was produced in 1953.
The first issue of Playboy magazine came out in 1955.
People then behaved just as they do today, the only difference is that today there is less public 'taboo' on perverted behavior, so it is more out in the open.
Like it or not, when your parents were teenagers, they were just as horny as you were when you were a teenager.
You are absolutely totally wrong.
Of Course there has always been stealing, adultery etc. but it is far far worse now. Not even close.
In the 1950s women were _much_ smarter—most of them understood that they could do what they wanted _if_ they were discreet about it.
If their behavior became common knowledge they were shunned as “sluts”.
Today the presumption is that all young women are sluts.
Of course (as with any presumption) it is not always correct, but a young man is foolish if he presumes that “this time” he has met a Unicorn.
The only way around this mess would be to date folks you have known since childhood in your community. Sheltered communities (like the Amish or Hasidic Jews) understand this dynamic—and in that type of environment this article makes sense.
But—in the wild—fuggedaboutit.
Mostly true. I think the threat of out of wedlock pregnancy and no easy abortion kept people more honest, but back then, if you got pregnant, there was pressure to marry right away. Some of her rules make sense, but I know women who’ve done all of them and were left flat.
But your parents usually didn’t act on those horny urges. If they had, there wouldn’t have been all that free love in the ‘60s or friends with benefits later.