RR6 Prompt: 1. What is historian, Paula Fass's thesis or argument about "sex and youth in the Jazz Age"? Begin your sentence with the phrase, "Fass argues that..." 2. Make a LIST of the things that American youth did in the 1920s that, according to Fass, ushered in a change in gender and sexual mores. 3. Based on Fass' study and the other readings you've done this week, do you think the cultural changes of the 20's created new opportunities for women? fewer opportunities? something else? Support your answer with evidence from any of the readings this week.

1. According to Fass, Jazz Age youth pioneered the concept of courting and petting, a sort of wooing unattached to the prospect of marriage and sensual connections unrelated to intercourse.
2. Smoking and drinking were common pleasures among the young people of the Jazz Era. Furthermore, the women were more provocative; they wore immoral cosmetics and inappropriate hair and attire. They became work and play friends for the males. Men and women danced together whenever the opportunity arose, ushering in a revolution in gender and sexual conventions
3. Women, from my perspective, profited from but also suffered from the cultural upheavals of the 1920s. It was a fantastic opportunity because ladies cherished their lives as women, but it was not good for them to wear scandalous apparel, smoke, drink, and be used by males.

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1. According to Fass, Jazz Age youth pioneered the concept of courting and petting, a sort of wooing unattached to the prospect of marriage and sensual connections unrelated to intercourse.
2. Smoking and drinking were common pleasures among the young people of the Jazz Era. Furthermore, the women were more provocative; they wore immoral cosmetics and inappropriate hair and attire. They became work and play friends for the males. Men and women danced together whenever the opportunity arose, ushering in a revolution in gender and sexual conventions.
3. Women, from my perspective, profited from but also suffered from the cultural upheavals of the 1920s. It was a fantastic opportunity because ladies cherished their lives as women, but it was not good for them to wear scandalous apparel, smoke, drink, and be used by males. All ladies must be modest and pure till they marry. Fass expressed sadness that the male-female interaction in college had changed the concept of love into something sensual. It is acceptable to be in a relationship and enjoy a couple's life, but no wooing or petting.