Atlanta tri-weekly journal. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1920-19??, 1923-04-07
WOMEN REPLYING
To QUESTIONABLE
ADMIT SPOON|N(

NEW YORK, April 5.-The pre-
alence of spooning is shown in *
plies received by the bureau of Sc
cial hygiene, founded by John .
Rockefeller, Jr., to frank Dues
tionnaire circulated in what is term.
ed the first exhaustive scientific nj
vestigation that has been made of
the sex life Of the normal. educated
woman.
A report prepared by DR.. Rather,
inc Bement Davis, general secretary
of the bureau, on replies received
from one thousand married women
in various parts of the country,
shows that s375 admitted having
spooned prior to marriage with 9th.
err than frances; 20S spooned with fl.
ances only and 3S9 never spooned
prior to marriage. The question was
left unanswered by %.
Degrees of Spooning
Eleven of the 325 failed to specify
the extent of their spoonings; 81
wrote mot far" so kissing only"
1O4 "hugging and kissing" 45 hug
ging, kissing and fondling;" and IA
admitted more unrestrained spoon.
ing. One did not specify.
OF the 1000 married women, 872
proclaimed themselves happy. OF
the happy group Al per cent did not
spoon, 81 per cent did and % per
cent spooned only with their frances
Of the middle group, SO per cent
admitted the extreme.
Included in the 1000 married
women with which DIR. Davis report
deals, 691' were college graduates,
Al college undergraduates, Al high
and normal school graduates, and IL
private school graduates.
or the 691 college graduates IA per
cent admitted practicing birth con-
troll. Health and economic grounds
were the reasons chiefly given.
Identity Concealed
A committee of eleven women we'll
known for their work in the field of
psychology co-operated with DR..
Davis. Care was taken to conceal
the identity of those answering the
elSnl-page QUESTIONABLE.
In no part Of the field of educa-
ton is there greater difference of
opinion than in that which deals with
SEX" said DR.. Davis. This is large
ly because except on the PATHOLOGY
cal side, sex is scientifically an unex-
plored country"
1t was explained that heretofore
such studies have been made only
among women prisoners or patholog-
ical cases.
The preliminary letter seeking CO.
operation was sent to 5000 women
in various parts of the country.
Questionnaires eventually were re-
ce1ved from only 436. The balance
Of the 1000 were obtained after let
ters had been sent 5000 alumnae of
Vassar, Smith, Wellesley and other
women's colleges.
Single Women Quizzed
Another set of questions was adj
dressed to unmarried women. These
answers are being compiled.
DR.. Davis makes few deductions
in her report on married women.
I'VE must emphasize" she says,
1.-THE fact that it is not safe to draw
general deductions from this study.
The numbers considered are too
small, and the group is selective.
The study does, however raise i'm
portant questions and points the
necessity for furtheh study in MANY
directions"
DR.. Davis said it would take sew
eral months to tabulate the answers
received to the QUESTIONABLE sent to
unmarried women.
I'VE have received more than 1000
answers, comprising more than 12,.
600 pages of manuscript, to the cues
tionnaire sent to unmarried women"
she declared. II do not believe the
tabulation of those answers. will he
completed before summer"