Sex In A Box
October, 1992
Sociologist John Gagnon, who has studied sex for decades, told me a story about an unwed teenage mother. The girl lost her virginity and became pregnant because her boyfriend promised to buy her living-room furniture someday. What makes a young girl think that sex results in a sofa or a home in the suburbs instead of a baby?"We've put sex in a box," said Gagnon. "A bedroom. One man. One woman. We've quantified it. We know how many times a week the average man or woman does it, how...
