sexual revolution
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Heritage equates the pill with feminism and the sexual revolution.
From Slate ● Nov. 11, 2025
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
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
But in recent decades, with the integration and rising power of Catholics in America, along with the sexual revolution, the divisions became more internal.
From Washington Post ● Jun. 18, 2021
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
