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1. What subject did Beth Bailey discuss on a talk show in the 1970s? On what show did she appear?

In 1978, author Beth Bailey, then a senior in college, appeared on the Phil Donahue show to defend coed dorms. The controversy she encountered, she now realizes, was not really about coed dorms but the transformation of dating.

2. What did Beth Bailey and her fellow discussants state about the transformation of courtship when she appeared on television in the 1970s?

Many panelists regretted the collapse of dating and romance, but Bailey and her fellow discussants said that love was more than mere mystery and romance and that intimacy could come first. Her parents' generation ultimately accepted Bailey's view.

3. Why was sexual intimacy criticized as a means of human connection, according to the author in the Introduction?

The two forms of human connection, courtship and intimacy, reflected different understandings of values. While the latter system won out, many criticized it for making sex meaningless and producing a lack of commitment, generating teen pregnancy and spreading STDs.

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