Boom Kids: Growing Up in the Calgary Suburbs, 1950-1970 by James A. Onusko

Author:James A. Onusko
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Wilfrid Laurier University Press
Published: 2021-08-15T00:00:00+00:00

By the end of the 1960s, the topics of sexuality and personal relationships had finally become part of the everyday conversation in schools; in reality, it caught up to the activities that many teenagers had been engaging in long before. It also reflected societal views: a February 1964 national poll had 76 percent of respondents approving a course in sex education for students in high school.80

Dating and Relationships

By the early 1950s, dating and “going steady” were mainstream teenage practices and no longer emergent modern trends.81 One journalist called Calgary a “hotbed for teenage dating” and argued that it existed to a greater degree in Calgary than in other centres in Alberta, a claim that seems anecdotal and not backed by research. The article detailed findings from a 1950 youth conference that involved delegates from twenty Albertan urban centres:

There was a lively discussion on the question of intimacy between boys and girls. It was generally agreed that a boy should not kiss a girl on the first time out together. However, after that, kissing was definitely considered a part of dating. The girl should set the limit in embracing ... In summing up it was felt that in all phases of a boy and girl relationship, the girl should set the standard and the boy live up to it.82

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