18-(Sec. II) Statesman, Salem, Ore., Thurs., Feb. 13. '58
Sure, They Plan to Ask Dad's Permission,
But in the Clinch They'll Marry for Love
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By EVGENE GILBERT
PmWml ( Gilbert Ymilb
Rrararra C.
Itide toward their parents, most r- average, with nearly 29 periple had any trouble with inch
young people still a.tk parental cent learning atwut life from their ; areas as religion, politics and a
permission to get married and parents. ; difference in educational back-
mAf nf I hem rprpi c It rknlu in Ant ih. K.. .... 1 CfrtinH
emo to parents: it you re wor- 0n 4 comparison basis, this is I3 pfr cem o( lne girls were taught 1 One final question revealed that
tied about what to tell our mar- hat happened sex education in school Less than in modern marriage the husband
nageaoie sons ana aausniers nrn Tak,n lne sur,fv Rroup ,s a 3 p,.r cfn, o( both sexes depended
they come to announce that the wholl cfnt o( ,he yeun? on thfir church (or thi vjta jn.
1"""" ""s, .rT- . formation.
your cares lor anoiner nay.
Chances are that no niiitter what
saga advice you have to give about
the proposed match, it fall on
Jove deafened ears.
They'll listen in respectful si
lence 'if you are lucky ami don't
provoke an argument ahd then
go out and do precisely as they
pleas particularly if you say no.
Will Make Owl Choice
In a nationwide survey of re
cently married young couples, we
gleaned these two conflicting
trends:
1. Boys and pirls still a.-S their
parents' permission to get mar
ried. 2. Boys and girls marry the
partner of their choice, regardless
of whether it is the partner of
their parents' choice.
So. Mom and Dad. before pre
paring a soul searching speech on
hr Johnnie shouldn't marry that
little blonde from the other side of
the tracks or why Susie should
forget the butcher boy, listen to
these statistics on the futility of
tryuuj to deflect Cupid's arrow:
Foraialiliet Followed
Fully S3 per cent of the young
What of the rest? '
The rest, in this case, happens
to be the majority. Sixty-five per
cent of the boys and 55 per cent
of the girL said they received
their sex education from friends
of their own age and sex. Only 53
per cent of the husbands and 46
per cent o( the wives felt ade
quately prepared for marriage.
This does not mean, however, 1
that they were disenchanted about
romance or had any starry-eyed
illusions about love. ,
Meaty Major Problem
Money loomed as the largest
problem on the marital horizon.
And it was the wives, rather than ,
their bread winners, who did most ,
of the worrying. Both husbands 1
and wives ranked financial mat
ters as their most pressing prob
lem, but not in the same num
bers. Among the girls. 63 per cent j
i voted for money as a leading prob- j
1 lem. as compared with 39 per cent 1
husbands and 90 per cent of the; of the boys.
young wives sought someone's ad-! Next on the problem list came
vice before getting married. j in-laws, who seemed to bother 31
Of these, eight out of 10 boys ; per cent of the boys and 17 per
and nine out of 10 girls went to cent of the girls,
their parents for advice; I per About 23 per cent of both boys
ImcKaivtc anH niUn f the cwrt the ,nd 4 Pr " ' nd R'rls countered some mari
husbands and 91 per cent of the . . . . ,,;:,, , .
young wives we interviewed said v" " L" i "." T, . " "IT".. ' ... " " '"
Ql'ESTlOXS ASKED IN
THIS SURVEY:
Did your family approve
of your marriage?
Would you have married
anyway-if they had not?
Did you seek advice from
anyone before marriage?
From whom? Parents?
Clergyman? Marriage Coun
selor? Others?
If not, did you feci any
less prepared for marriage?
Where did . you receive
most of your sex education?
What are the greatest
difficulties in making a
marriage work?
Do you and your husband
have a joint bank account,
separate accounts or an ac
count in the h u s b a n d't
name?
no longer holds the purse strings.
When it comes to money, 64 per
cent used a joint bank account, 19
per cent had separate bank ac
counts for husband and wife and
only 17 per cent had bank ac-
fi!15?.J!ir ,nrvfi the r end f per cent of the boys and 1 personality and taste between counU in the husband's name only,
they sought the approval of their . . ' .
But. of those who 'followed this n? Se Uttlt Worry
3 rr rMit nl th I " '
rZZrUrJt J nt f hZWht the advice of someone oth-; Sex. despite their
grooms and .n per cent fTThan those mentioned, presum- about a lack of se:
ned anyway with or without
admissions
Princfc to Visit Plants
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their parents' permission.
The old days of the timid suitor
anxiously asking Father for daugh
ter's hand may not exactly be
gone forever, but the scene isn't
the same.
In nearly nine cases out of 10.
Father is being subjected to a
mere formality, lt.be puts thumbs
down on the match, he may be
faced with the choice of either giv
ing the bride away unwillingly or ; Soareea Are Varied
having her go way on her owaj.
n mic niurc man jv yuuiig
couples we interviewed in various
localities across the country, only
HAGUE. Feb. 12
presum- about a lack of sex education. Prince Bernhard plans to visit
ably a friend or relative. was a major problem to only 3 'aircraft plants of the Lmted
In most cases, the parents were ' per cent o( the boys and 5 per cent 1 States and Canada early in May.
receptive to the idea. But 29 per of the girls
cent of the boys and 20 per cent And less than one in a hundred
of the girls said they were turned among these young married peo-
dowa by one or both parents, what
did they do? They got married
anyway.
The type of advice that they
sought from all these sources, how
ever, did not pertain to sex educa
tion, at least in most cases.
As inspector general of the Dutch
armed forces, he is especially In
terested in military planes.
volition.
BaaM Tkiag for Boys'
The same of course goes for
boys, even more so since the per
centage is higher.
Despite thts independent atbV
23 per cent of the bus bands, said
they learned" the biological facts
of life in their own family circle.
The girls had a somewhat high-
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