Premarital sexual standards of rural youth |
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| Authors: | Danny E Harrison Walter H Bennett Gerald Globetti Majeed Alsikafi |
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| Institution: | 1. Assistant Professor of Sociology , Auburn University , Montgomery, Alabama;2. Assistant Professor of Sociology , Sam Houston State University , Huntsville, Texas;3. Professor of Sociology and Director of the Center for Alcohol and Drug Education , University of Alabama , University, Al., 35486;4. Associate Professor of Sociology , University of Alabama , |
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| Abstract: | Abstract This study measures and evaluates the premarital sexual standards of a sample of adolescents residing in a small Mississippi community. On the basis of their response patterns to a set of Guttman scale items, the students were classified into three standards: abstinence, double standard, and the single standard of permissiveness. A racial comparison of the Mississippi sample with Reiss' Virginia student sample revealed striking similarities with one exception—a significantly higher proportion of Mississippi whites endorsed permissiveness without affection. The Mississippi data, however, failed to give strong support to the presumed prevalence of the double standard. Moreover, several social factors examined appeared to influence the standards of whites and females to a greater extent than those of Negroes and males. |
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