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These Fabulous Facts About Flappers Prove they Made the 20s Roar

1920s - Roaring Twenties

29. They Broke Abstinence Norms

Two young couples in the 1920s. Well Read Southern.

Before the 1920s, no one would dare mention the birds and the bees. Flappers broke taboos and were the first generation of wealthy women to have sex outside of marriage. They attended so-called “petting parties,” which weren’t all that different from a group of middle schoolers discovering kissing. They referred to making out as “snugglepupping.”

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