| Sumario: | Data from two national probability samples taken in 1972 and 1975 are employed to test three hypotheses concerning change differentials in premarital coital attitudes. From the original Reiss research it is hypothesized that (1) there has been increased liberalization over this period of time; (2) this liberalization has been most pronounced in the highest social class strata; and (3) this liberalization has been greater among females than males. Results indicate that liberalization has taken place, however, there is no support for the secured hypothesis and the hypothesis of sex differences must be specified by social class. The nature of the changes by sex and social class resulted in intersex convergence in attitudes within the middle class, but inter-sex divergence within the low and high social classes.
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