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- Kinsey and his colleagues interviewed tens of thousands of individuals.
- Kinsey's samples were not representative of the society at large.
- Masturbation is one of the most frequently practiced sexual activities.
- Men and women typically begin to masturbate for the first time at different ages.
- Men masturbate considerably more often than women.
- Attitudes toward masturbation still reflect some of the negative views of yesteryear.
- Until recently, premarital sexual intercourse, at least for women, was considered one of the major taboos of our society.
- As recently as the 1960s the majority of adult Americans believed that premarital sex was always wrong.
- Changes in attitudes toward premarital sex were matched by changes in actual rates of premarital sexual activity.
- Patterns of premarital sex show a convergence of male and female attitudes and behavior.
- The double standard has been succeeded by a new view: permissiveness with affection.
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