I can't imagine why some of you feel I'm not telling the truth about us girls in the early sixties. I don't presume to relate what other people in other parts of the country were up to, but I can assure you (though you tend to doubt my word) that my friends and I led lives just as I describe. This was in Middlesex, we were not particularly well-off, just ordinary families. I went to a grammar school, and there truly was none, absolutely none of the sexualisation going on described in other posts. Our parents weren't repressive or overly religious. We really did spend our leisure time at various sports, horse-riding, swimming, ice-skating etc and were all involved with the local C of E church. We were also in the Guides, and I helped with a Brownie pack and a Sunday school. My evenings were taken up with tons of homework and study. We didn't wear make-up or even nylons, just short socks. When we left the area to go to college or University, we were without a doubt still virgins. I had never even been out with a boy, and certainly not kissed anyone. I was nineteen when a lad first kissed me (nothing more!) at Edinburgh Uni. But we were happy and enjoyed our long and innocent childhoods. I can see that it was different for some of you in your own areas, but this is how it was for my friends and I.