sexual revolution
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And the social upheaval of the 1960s and ’70s — the civil rights movement, the women’s movement, the sexual revolution, environmentalism.
From Washington Post • Dec. 16, 2022
People like Andrea Dworkin, they came of age before the sexual revolution and before feminism.
From Salon • Sep. 3, 2022
When I was back in high school — a Catholic girls’ school in Cincinnati at the beginning of the sexual revolution — our religion class covered the abortion issue in approximately 45 seconds.
From Seattle Times • May 13, 2022
This is not unlike other moral panics that have preceded this one—reefer madness in the 1930s, moral panics about sexuality during the sexual revolution.
From Slate • Jul. 31, 2020
Villanova University theologian Massimo Faggioli said the essay was thin in its analysis by effectively attributing the scandal to the sexual revolution.
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 11, 2019