2007-01-26 07:13:46 · 14 answers · asked by Anonymous in Pregnancy & Parenting ➔ Other - Pregnancy & Parenting
It appears that way because most if not all teen pregnancies were covered up, the girls were sent away to homes to get through their pregnancy and the child after birth was taken and given up for adoption, most times against the mothers will.
read..."The Girls Who Went Away"
2007-01-26 07:24:08 · answer #1 · answered by ? 6 · 3⤊ 0⤋
No doubt more did than today, but not as many as people nowadays seem to think. Don't forget that people married much much earlier then: often still in their teens. The mother of my best friend (growing up) was an alcoholic. My friend had 3 brothers. She actually had 4 brothers but the first baby was born out of wedlock (before the parents were married). My friend's mother's first baby was taken away soon after birth by her OWN mother. The baby was smothered to death, and the body disposed of. My friend's mother never got over this and became life-long alcoholic. This is a true story and a snapshot taken directly from real life in about 1957 or 1958. Not a pretty picture. Never mind the perfect life of June Cleaver: she was a fictional character created for TV.
2007-01-26 16:33:04 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
I had read an article on yahoo a few months ago about how it wasn't all about waiting until marriage back then..but people kept it under wraps a lot better than they do now. There was plenty of pre-marital sex and illegitimate births, as there was during Puritan times! Not that many people could have delivered babies at 6 months...we're at a point right now in our society where it's become more acceptable to talk about premarital sex, which is probably why it seems much more popular during this decade than any other.
2007-01-26 15:36:24 · answer #3 · answered by keonli 4 · 4⤊ 0⤋
I think the 30,40,50 & early 60's that was definitely the case. Then the sexual revolution of the late 60's happened, which was definitely perpetuated by the increased use of alcohol, marjiuana, & hallucinagents. Also, the older generation didn't talk so openly about intimacy & sexually related topics. It would be wonderful if we could see history repeat itself - that the young girls would realize that they are worth much more than a romp in the back seat. This would greatly decrease the number of teen pregnancies, sexually transmitted diseases, insecure young girls, body image issues, etc. There's definitely only one downside to reverting back to "waiting til marriage". ...There'll be lots of sexually frustrated boys. But that could be a positive in the long run, b/c they would respect girls much more, & thus treat them much better. (& sex would become part of a relationship not the reason for a relationship!)
2007-01-26 15:40:31 · answer #4 · answered by rjsluvbug 3 · 4⤊ 0⤋
In the 50's yes. In the 60's, most hippies didn't wait.
2007-01-26 16:04:19 · answer #5 · answered by KathyS 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Are you kidding me? Think; woodstock took place in what the 60's? During the 60's a lot of people experienced with drugs and sex.
2007-01-26 15:29:45 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 3⤊ 1⤋
No! My grandma had 3 kids in the 60's before she was married.
I think it was just hid more back then and not talked about, like when a unwed teen girl got pregnant they just sent her off for 9 months.
I know lots of women who did not wait to have sex back then, its no different than now.
2007-01-26 15:26:07 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 4⤊ 1⤋
yes, & my parents told me too aswell!
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2007-01-26 17:33:42 · answer #8 · answered by Garnet A 1 · 0⤊ 1⤋
The late 1960's where the time of flower power and free love.
The 1950's, I think so
2007-01-26 16:42:32 · answer #9 · answered by Halo Mom 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I think more people waited back then, but also was kept quiet. I think people today should still wait till marriage to have sex.
2007-01-26 15:24:03 · answer #10 · answered by pilot_403 2 · 3⤊ 2⤋