It was the 50's when the middle class got all prudish and holier than thou.

Even Warren Beatty, in the 1950s, was fighting those Natalie Wood late 1920s urges when they would have actually been fucking.

I bet the 20s were more like you say...roaring 20s, and the 30s kept much of it yet the depression, and WWII with guys away. So you say the 50s got prudish.

It makes me curious, because it's history. Do you have recommended reading about this?

I wonder about STD prevention too, with medicine they had.

People with multiple partners commonly got gonorrhea and, sometimes syphilis. The latter was a death sentence if not treated.

You can tell, because there are still people.

However, my understanding is that they've only been calling it "making love" for about 90 years; http://www.grammarphobia.com/blog/2012/12/making-love.html cites 1927 as the first recorded example of the usage. Before that, it just meant to court or flirt with someone.

...using it that way far earlier. Oral use of a particular usage always precedes the written word.

I suspect that many of Shakespeare's coinings, for example, really are original to him.

The Bard was one-of-a-kind.

We sometimes forget that the hippies were not the first liberation movement.

I'm Your Mailman (aka "The Mailman Song&quot
Tune - Bye, Bye Blackbird


Make you happy, make you gay,
That's why I come twice a day
I'm your mailman.

Knock your knockers, ring your bell,
Gee I really think you're swell,
I'm your mailman.

I can come in any kind of weather,
That's because me bag is made of leather.
I don't need no keys or locks,
I can slip in your box,
I'm your mailman.

When I'm walking down the road
Gee, I'd like to drop me load
I'm your mailman.

When I'm walking down the lane
Each one says please come again
I'm your mailman.

Each one says she wants me to deliver
Each one wants as much as I can give her.
So if you're feeling sad and blue
I've got something good for you
I'm your mailman.