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Salient. An Organ of Student Opinion at Victoria University, Wellington N.Z. Vol. 22, No. 4. April 27, 1959

[Introduction]

"Greater love hath no man than he lay down his wife for his friend." On this note the V.U.W. Debating Society opened its annual sex debate in the Little Theatre on Friday, April 17. It was not as well attended this year as it has been before, though the interest shown was quite considerable.

The motion "Chastity is outmoded" was defended by Messrs Hamlin and Hogg and opposed by Messrs Larsen and Roberts.

In contrast with last year the debate was frank and the team did not try to shy away from the subject.

Mr F. Hamlin, the only married member of the team, opened the debate for the affirmative saying he was not thinking in terms of ethics.

He referred to a film on the facts of life, recently shown in Wellington, drawing a large crowd, not because they wanted to learn the facts of life—they already knew—but because it was a film on sex.

Mr Hamlin gave a quick survey of sexual immorality and aberrations. He mentioned women having sexual experience with two men.

Interjector: "Is there something else then?"

Mr Hamlin contended it was difficult to get a real picture of sexual immorality among women. They were far more dishonest than men on the matter.

Mr Larsen, leader for the negative, consulted the dictionary, before talking about chastity. It said chastity meant abstinence from sexual intercourse outside marriage, and nothing more.