" However, now "nice girls were smoking cigarettes - openly and defiantly They were drinking - somewhat less openly but often all to efficaciously (OY V78)." Thus, under the new regime of the twenties, "not only the drinks were mixed, but also the sex of the drinkers (OY V)." The new women would also dance freely with men and engage in activities in the backseats of their boyfriend's new Ford or GM automobile. "Petting" and "necking" also became a popular activity with the local youngster of the twenties, and were the cause of many contentious arguments between mother and daughter. They were a heated topic of young girls in F. Scott Fitzgerald's This Side of Paradise. Prior to the twenties, such behavior of the new woman such as petting was never to be tolerated. Traditionally, a couple would " go dancing, [then] they may go for a movie with other, discuss books with them, play auction bridge with others, or go to the theater (OY I11)." On the other hand, the "[new] women wanted to be men's casual and light-hearted companions, not broad-shipped mothers of the race, but irresponsible playmates (OY V)." All of the mentioned characteristics are what made up the "new flapper woman" of the "age of experimentation." Women were not supposed to be the way they were during the nineteen-twenties. "Women were the guardians of morality, they were made of finer stuff than men and were expected to act accordingly. Young girls must look forward in innocence to a romantic love match which would lead them to the altar and to living happily-ever-after; and until the "right man" came along, they must allow no man to kiss them (OY V76).".
During the nineteen-twenties, the women also attempted to gain, and seek out freedom. Women wanted to be independent, and not so contingent on men, but rather equal to men. "The revolution was accelerated by the growing independence of the American woman. She won suffrage in 1920 It consolidated woman's position as man's equal.
