The Playboy Advisor

June, 1988

Every day, we read another story of how the AIDS scare has changed dating behavior. Are there any real statistics to show this change? Most of my friends, while saying they are more cautious, seem to be doing the same as a few years ago. Forget the headlines. Can you tell us what's really going on?—W. F., Boston, Massachusetts.Abbott Laboratories recently commissioned a study of changing sexual mores of American singles aged 18 to 34. One in five said they had fewer sexual partners than in years...