Calling upon a young lady has one goal-marriage. Working-class youth start courting in public. Dating replaces house calling. If you only date one person, you aren't very popular. Girls don't call boys on the phone, but they do wear their boyfriends' sweaters and class rings.
Dates are less formal.
It's acceptable for women to initiate a dating relationship and to be responsible for paying part of the cost. Formal proms and dances increase in popularity again. While some teens continue along the path of dating and breaking up, others decide to follow the advice of Joshua Harris in his book I Kissed Dating Goodbye. Click here to return to the On Course home page.