When Americans ask if pre-marital sex is socially acceptable, especially within a democratic society, the answer lies with what the majority believe. A large portion of the society would have very few qualms about an unmarried couple having sex, so long as that large portion of society was comfortable with the idea. There really are no normative ethical standards, no absolute rights or wrongs in our culture. Under these conditions, how could sex be applied …
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…task would be a miraculous feat if accomplished. So Americans will just have to live with the fact that pre-marital sex is becoming a socially acceptable part of society. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ **Bibliography** Works Cited Guttmacher, Francis. Kids Having Kids. Los Angeles: JBG Publishing 1994 Meier, Allen. The Consequences of Pre-Marital Sex. New York: Random House Inc. 1993 Milton, James. Why Are Kids Having Sex? New York: Grosset & Dunlap 1991. Krauthammer, Charles. Sex and Society. New York: Putnam Publishing Group 1989.