Sex On Campus, Then And Now

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SEX ON CAMPUS, THEN AND NOW


1855: University of Iowa becomes first public college to admit women.
1879: Vice president of Cornell describes female student "calling one young man in to the room, shutting the door [and] kissing him.''
1937: U. of Chicago magazine lists nine necking places on campus. Recommends cars.
1938: Survey of 15 colleges finds 75 percent of women report being virgins.
1944: GI Bill of Rights subsidizes college tuition for military veterans, who flood campuses.
1946: Survey finds college women say they "play dumb'' to attract men.
1960: Feds approve birth-control pill called Enovid 10.
1961: Courts rule against University of Alabama in suspension of six black students for civil rights demonstration, weakening power of colleges to control students' lives.
1966: U. of Chicago student government president tells students to ignore rules governing dorm visits.
1968: Linda LeClair of Barnard College expelled for living with her boyfriend off campus.
1969: Oberlin College opens first coed dorm in the United States.
1972: Popular with women for its frank discussion of sexuality, Our Bodies, Ourselves is published.
1973: Gallup reports 48 percent of Americans think premarital sex is wrong. That's a drop from 68 percent in 1969.
1973: Supreme Court decision in Roe vs. Wade guarantees right to abortion.
1975: Federal government issues Title IX rules requiring equal rights for women in higher education.
1979: Women overtake men on campus in enrollment for the first time since World War II.
1982: Southern Illinois University students call for free distribution of condoms in dorms to prevent pregnancy.
1986: Surgeon General C. Everett Koop tells schools to educate students on AIDS; urges condom use.
1999: FDA approves emergency contraceptive, Preven.
2005: University of Chicago students produce sex magazine called Vita Excolatur, joining similar efforts published at Vassar (Squirm), Harvard (H-Bomb) and Boston University (Boink).