Abstract
Abstract The increasing incidence and acceptance of phenomena like cohabitation, extra-marital births and voluntary single parenthood in Western society, indicate a shift in the social definition of sexuality. This is apparent when the current situation is compared to traditional Western societies where sexuality was, for instance, limited to the monogamous, heterosexual marriage, and to reproduction within marriage. This change in the meaning of sexuality can be attributed to a change in attitudes towards the acceptability of premarital sexual and sexually-related behaviour. This attitude regarding the acceptability of premarital sexual behaviour is referred to as premarital sexual permissiveness. This research investigated the degree of premarital sexual permissiveness among female university students as related to certain social factors, namely mother-daughter communication about sexuality, religiosity, liberalism-conservatism, and commitment to marital life. Scales were developed to measure the above-mentioned social factors. A profile of students' measurements on these scales are provided. Related results are also discussed.
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