Dean Taylor discusses sex, the pill and the new morality
By JULIE THATCHER Kansan Staff Writer
Increased freedom for women has ended the myth that a "woman's place is in the home."
Recent technological advances have lengthened a woman's life span while simultaneously simplifying her duties. Consequently, many women are no longer content to portray traditional roles and are seeking self-fulfillment elsewhere. Thursday, Emily Taylor, dean of women, discussed these changes.
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Dr. Dwight L. Wilbur, former president of the American Medical Association, has said birth control was the greatest revolution mankind will ever experience and that it had completely changed the psychological attitudes of women. Do you agree?
Today is the first time in the history of the world that a woman has had personal control over reproduction. She can personally determine how many children she will have and how they will be spaced without dependence on the male.
Do you see the advent of partnership marriages in which responsibilities are shared equally?
Do you foresee a repeal of abortion laws?
Yes, but such laws shouldn't really be necessary. An abortion means you have created an unwanted child and I would hope things could be settled more efficiently. However, whether or not
the pregnancy is to be terminated should be determined by the woman. Obviously a man has a stake in the situation, but the woman is the one bearing the child.
I think the attitude of youth differs from what many parents say, but remember that parents have different stakes in the matter. I can't help thinking that perhaps parents aren't always inclined to teach their children the same standards which they themselves exercise.
How do sexual attitudes of youth differ from their parents?
Do university students have a need for sex education?
They already exist and if both partners participate in the decision process, I see no reason for them to accept many of the things that have been considered traditional.
We over-rate what they know as we found out at the conference on sexuality held this fall. Students are not nearly as knowledgeable as a lot of people seem to think. For example, look at the rise in the rate of venereal disease. The control of reproduction doesn't have a thing to do with the control of venereal disease. That pill has no effect.
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