Social-Sex Attitudes in Adolescence (1953)
Plays here · source: Internet Archive
Traces two teenagers, Bill and Mary, from childhood infatuations through adolescent dating, going steady, and petting, to their eventual marriage, using their story to model a 'normal' progression of sexual and social development.
Produced in Canada by Crawley Films for classroom distribution in the United States, Social-Sex Attitudes in Adolescence belongs to the small subgenre of Coronet-era films that addressed dating and physical intimacy directly rather than through euphemism, offering a rare mid-century attempt at a developmental, rather than purely moralistic, account of teenage romance.
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