If she was born in 1952, then many of the things she mentioned about her cultural upbringing would be related to what her parents told her - not herself. She would have been a teenager during the hippie generation.
"Your Grandfather and I got married first, and then lived together. Every family had a father and a mother.
Until I was 25, I called every man older than me, "Sir."
And after I turned 25, I still called policemen and every man with a title, "Sir."
If she was raised well by her parents and/or maybe from a smaller city then her upbringing might follow her quoting, but the expression making out is a sexual euphemism[1] of American origin dating back to at least 1949, and is used synonymously with the terms necking, heavy petting, I would say she would be aware of.
Of course the articule is interesting as it reflects how drasticly the world is changing. Now I am watching many DVD's with English subtitles on for my wife to practice her English and movies from just 20 or 30 years ago I can see the rapid chage from just this short time period.