Sex and the College Girl, 1957 vs. 2013
Comparing two articles about relationships on campus, written five decades apart.
In her recent article “,” Kate Taylor concludes that college sweethearts are old news. Miss Class of 2014 requires something different from the men on her campus: instant gratification, zero commitment, and a habit of regularly checking text messages around midnight. Fifty-six years ago, Nora Johnson tackled the same subject in “,” an article published in the November 1957 issue of . What’s interesting is that, while these two generations
