Sexual Obstructionism on Campus, 1967-Style!
Coeds at the University of Illinois are forbidden to wear long trench coats when necking with dates. Reason: one legendary lass was once caught necking wearing her trench coat and nothing else…Keep reading here
Newsweek May 8, 1967
Another gem:
Illinois also has a “three foot rule”: this requires couples to keep three of their collective four feet on the floor at all times in dorm room lounges—a restriction which, says a former student editor, “does not make for better morals, only more convoluted romantic gymnastics.”
Reblogged from Newsweek Archivist


