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Despite previous beliefs that the contraceptive pill was to blame for the sexual revolution of the 1960's, an economist at Emory University is hypothesizing that more credit should go to penicillin. After researching trends in three correlating health factors of sexual behavior, he claims that the low cost and widespread use of penicillin during the 1950's led to the belief of free sex during the 1960's. This secular trend (Boyd, 278) reduced the number of syphilis deaths in the United States by 75 percent (Emory University). At the time, doctors argued against fighting off STDs, saying it removed the sin from sex (Emory University); this is similar to what some people are saying today about HPV vaccinations. Andrew Frances suggests that the high morals of the 1950's may have had an effect on older adults at the time, but not on the young adults and teenagers. Due to the lack of fear for syphilis by America's youth, a growing number of them engaged in risky sexual behavior. While I find it plausible that the conventional morality (Boyd, 316) of an entire generation could change this way, I’m reminded of Barrett’s Law #8: Beware the plausible, especially if it works. This study would need a lot more research and peer review before it made it into a textbook.

References:

Boyd, Denise Roberts., and Helen L. Bee. //Lifespan Development//. Sixth ed. Boston: Perason Allyn & Bacon, 2012. Print.

Emory University. "Penicillin, not the pill, may have launched the sexual revolution." // ScienceDaily //, 28 Jan. 2013. Web. 26 Apr. 2013.

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