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Yale Professor Urges Premarital Sex Reform
Yale anthropology professor George Peter Murdock urged Protestant clergy to back premarital sexual experimentation as a step toward a second sexual reformation. He argued such acts would bolster marriage and reduce perversion and divorce, citing cross cultural data and a 259 sociological sample. Critics from a Catholic priest and others protested, urging continued emphasis on chastity.
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Barbara Bundschu
New York
Yale
George Peter Murdock
Yale University
American Social Hygiene Association
Murdock
Kinsey