sexual revolution

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In 2019, he wrote a lengthy letter about sexual abuse, linking some of the church’s problems to the 1960s sexual revolution, a diagnosis that conflicted with Francis’s own theories about the root causes.

From Washington Post • Jan. 1, 2023

Although people often think of the final decades of the 20th century as a "sexual revolution," with society becoming more permissive, statistics suggest a hardening of public attitudes against adultery.

From Salon • Jun. 11, 2022

The show was an indictment of the soul-crushing nature of commercialization set in the Eisenhower years, before the counterculture and the sexual revolution.

From Seattle Times • Dec. 12, 2019

Retired Pope Benedict XVI has published an analysis on the Catholic Church's clergy sex abuse scandal, blaming it on the sexual revolution of the 1960s and church laws that protected priests.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 11, 2019

She came of age long before the sexual revolution, which meant she had a particular experience of—and a particular fury about—what women had been routinely expected to tolerate.

From Slate • Dec. 4, 2018