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Article: Sociocultural Correlates of Permissive Sexual Attitudes: A Test of Reiss's Hypotheses About Sweden and the United States.(Statistical Data Included)
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- The Journal of Sex Research
- Article date:
- February 1, 2000
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Over the last 30 years, many sociologists have identified Sweden as a leader in the trend toward egalitarian and permissive sexuality (O'Kelly & Carney, 1986; Popenoe, 1988). Popenoe (1988) wrote that during the 1960s and 1970s, Sweden developed a worldwide reputation as a "center of sex, or, as it more commonly was put, of sin." Further, Popenoe stated that the Swedish people shocked the world "in keeping with the idea of gender equality" in their disavowal of the double standard: "The attitude became widespread that both men and women have an equal right to sexual experience before marriage" (p. 153). Such a view has been promoted in books for adolescents and sex ...
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