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His
sister was fifteen and mature for her age. She wished to enjoy
the companionship of her classmates in high school, boys as well
as girls. Her parents refused to let her go out in the evening
except in the company of her older brother or with an adult member
of the family as chaperone. The brother, also resentful of the
old world standars in the new...told the parents they were going
out together. By previous arrangement, the two of them met the
young man a few blocks from the apartment, and the brother went
to spend the evening as he chose, leaving the two to go to a movie
or dance. The three met again at an appointed time, and the brother
and sister came home together.
Source:
Covello, Social Background, 252-53.
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