course hero, which of the following was the reason for the rise of the sexual revolution?

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When was the law against homosexuality decriminalised?

What was the government's support for marriage and family?

When was the pill invented?

Is a revolution more complicated than a process?

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When was the law against homosexuality decriminalised?

law decriminalising abortion and then the law against homosexuality was decriminalised (1967 finally the wolfden report is listened to).

What was the government's support for marriage and family?

marriage and family were particulary emphasised. an improved society. the government supported this with the creation of the nhs and better jobs with better pay

When was the pill invented?

the pill was invented in the 60s but note it only became widely availibel on the nhs in the 70s. family planning linked to the state

Is a revolution more complicated than a process?

no much more of a process rather than a revolution. not completely reversed as such because there were periods of reversal so not completely overturned a such. more complicated, not finished yet.

Previous sexual revolutions

Several other periods in Western culture have been called the "first sexual revolution", to which the 1960s revolution would be the second (or later). The term "sexual revolution" itself has been used since at least the late 1920s. The term appeared as early as 1929; the book Is Sex Necessary? Or, Why You Feel the Way You Do by James Thurber and E.

Formative factors

Indicators of non-traditional sexual behavior (e.g., gonorrhea incidence, births out of wedlock, and births to teenagers) began to rise dramatically in the mid to late 1950s. It brought about profound shifts in attitudes toward women's sexuality, homosexuality, pre-marital sexuality, and the freedom of sexual expression.

The role of mass media

The 1928 publication of anthropologist Margaret Mead 's Coming of Age in Samoa brought the sexual revolution to the public scene, as her thoughts concerning sexual freedom pervaded academia. Mead's ethnography focused on the psychosexual development of adolescents in Samoa.

Modern revolutions

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Feminism and sexual liberation

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Contraception

As birth control became widely accessible, men and women began to have more choice in the matter of having children than ever before.

Free love

Free love is a social movement that accepts all forms of love. The movement's initial goal was to separate the state from sexual matters such as marriage, birth control, and adultery. It stated that such issues were the concern of the people involved, and no one else.

What was the sexual revolution?

The revolution disrupted established values and challenged the present gender norms.

How did the Revolution affect women?

It confronted the notion of the nuclear family, the stigmatization of premarital sex, and the belief that women should restrain from expressing their sexuality openly.

Why did the Revolution condemn the Pill?

The critics of the revolution condemned the Pill, claiming it will encourage and advance the promiscuous behavior among women. By making such claims, they inadvertently exposed the sexual double standard in society.

Why was the new mode of contraception revolutionary?

The new mode of contraception was revolutionary because it put women in control of their fertility, therefore extending their sexual freedom. It also challenged the attitudes about women and sex because now, women could have sex, casual or not, without worrying about an unwanted pregnancy.

What was the feminist movement?

The feminist movement gained significant momentum during the 1960s. The women became louder in advocating for equal opportunities, rights, and personal freedom. They questioned not only their role within the society but also the traditional sexual roles.

When was the birth control pill first used?

Feminists were arguing that women have been denied the right to sexual freedom and that single women have sexual desires and needs just like everybody else. In 1960, the first birth control pill was approved by the Food and Drug Administration in the US.

Did single women have sex before the pill?

The conclusion was that despite being unmarried, single women were having sex even before the Pill – the methods of contraception were just different. Despite the conservative efforts, the societal expectations of women to remain chaste until married were slowly starting to perish.

What was the Sexual Revolution?

The Sexual Revolution, or the sexual liberation movement, took place in the United States and throughout the world beginning in the 1960s.

When did the Sexual Revolution begin?

Several events led to the origin of the 1960s and 70s sexual revolution. By the late 1950s, the scientific community was coming around to the idea that repressing sexuality was detrimental to individual and societal well-being.

Acknowledgement

Lance Morrow. "The Sexual Revolution and the Church." The Wall Street Journal (October 25, 2018).

The Author

Lance Morrow is the Henry Grunwald Senior Fellow at the Ethics and Public Policy Center. His work focuses on the moral and ethical dimensions of public events, including developments in regard to freedom of speech, freedom of thought, and political correctness on American campuses, with a view to the future consequences of such suppressions.

When was the law against homosexuality decriminalised?

law decriminalising abortion and then the law against homosexuality was decriminalised (1967 finally the wolfden report is listened to).

What was the government's support for marriage and family?

marriage and family were particulary emphasised. an improved society. the government supported this with the creation of the nhs and better jobs with better pay

When was the pill invented?

the pill was invented in the 60s but note it only became widely availibel on the nhs in the 70s. family planning linked to the state

Is a revolution more complicated than a process?

no much more of a process rather than a revolution. not completely reversed as such because there were periods of reversal so not completely overturned a such. more complicated, not finished yet.

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Overview

Academic influences

Sigmund Freud of Vienna believed human behavior was motivated by unconscious drives, primarily by the libido or "Sexual Energy". Freud proposed to study how these unconscious drives were repressed and found expression through other cultural outlets. He called this therapy "psychoanalysis".
While Freud's ideas were sometimes ignored or provoked resistance within Viennese society, hi…

Origins

Several other periods in Western culture have been called the "first sexual revolution", to which the 1960s revolution would be the second (or later). The term "sexual revolution" itself has been used since at least the late 1920s. The term appeared as early as 1929; the book Is Sex Necessary? Or, Why You Feel the Way You Do by James Thurber and E. B. White, has a chapter titled "The Sexual Revolution: Being a Rather Complete Survey of the Entire Sexual Scene". According to Konstanti…

Popular culture

In 1953, Chicago resident Hugh Hefner founded Playboy, a magazine which aimed to target males between the ages of 21 and 45. The coverpage and nude centerfold in the first edition featured Marilyn Monroe, then a rising sex symbol. Featuring cartoons, interviews, short fiction, Hefner's "Playboy Philosophy" and unclothed female "Playmates" posing provocatively, the magazine became immensely successful.

Modern revolutions

The Industrial Revolution during the nineteenth century and the growth of science and technology, medicine and health care, resulted in better contraceptives being manufactured. Advances in the manufacture and production of rubber made possible the design and production of condoms that could be used by hundreds of millions of men and women to prevent pregnancy at little cost. Advances in chemistry, pharmacology, and biology, and human physiology led to the discovery an…

Feminism and sexual liberation

Since the beginning of the sexual liberation movement in the Western world, which coincided with second-wave feminism and the women's liberation movement initiated in the early 1960s, new religious movements and alternative spiritualities such as Modern Paganism and the New Age began to grow and spread across the globe alongside their intersection with the sexual liberation movement and the counterculture of the 1960s, and exhibited characteristic features, such as th…

Contraception

As birth control became widely accessible, men and women began to have more choice in the matter of having children than ever before. The 1916 invention of thin, disposable latex condoms for men led to widespread affordable condoms by the 1930s; the demise of the Comstock laws in 1936 set the stage for the promotion of available effective contraceptives such as the diaphragm and cervical cap; the 1960s introduction of the IUD and oral contraceptives for women gave a sen…

Free love

Free love is a social movement that accepts all forms of love. The movement's initial goal was to separate the state from sexual matters such as marriage, birth control, and adultery. It stated that such issues were the concern of the people involved, and no one else.
Free love continued in different forms throughout the 1970s and into the early 1980s, but its more assertive manifestations faced increased pushback in the mid-1980s, when the public first beca…