Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.1 6/24/83; site burdvax.UUCP Path: utzoo!watmath!clyde!burl!ulysses!mhuxr!ihnp4!zehntel!hplabs!sdcrdcf!sdcsvax!akgua!psuvax1!burdvax!kew From: kew@burdvax.UUCP (Karen Wieckert) Newsgroups: net.singles Subject: New attitudes Message-ID: <1893@burdvax.UUCP> Date: Fri, 11-Jan-85 16:00:24 EST Article-I.D.: burdvax.1893 Posted: Fri Jan 11 16:00:24 1985 Date-Received: Wed, 16-Jan-85 05:37:31 EST Organization: System Development Corporation, Paoli PA Lines: 22 I am new to net singles and have just finished reading up on submissions. I actually know what an SO is! I haven't seen any discussion about the changes in casual sexual relationships that have been taking place in the last five to ten years, so maybe someone can help me with my puzzlement. On the radio this morning I heard a report on a survey of a small sample of Iowa college students. The survey showed a dramatic decrease in casual sexual relationships for these students, compared to the students of 5 to 10 years ago -- casual sexual encounters/relationships being defined as those in which marriage is not the end goal. In my own small sample, my 20 year old sister and her 20ish friends, I find this decrease also is evident. Being a student of the "good old" sexual revolution days, I find this decrease curious. Don't get me wrong - the days of "sexual freedom and exploration" were not my idea of nirvana. But it seems to me that the young'ins of today have swung quite far from the attitudes prevalent back then. How come? ka:ren