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Discussion 4

The period of the 1960s witnessed radical changes in American society. Many of the

politically minded individuals sought to influence and change the status quo. In this regard, the

young people challenged the long-held stands concerning sexuality and marriage. The changes

witnessed in the sexual form influenced the radical shift in behaviors and attitudes among the

youths. Escoffier asserts that there was an influx of teenage pregnancies, sexually transmitted

disease, and the prevalence of other issues that were not into society's moral fabric before the

sexual revolution (20). Sex became more permissive with the prevalence of language and sexual

imagery in popular culture. In the earlier westernized societies, sex education was not a primary

concern before the sexual revolution. However, following the abandonment of the traditional

sexual constraints, words such as “free love” and “free sex” emerged. The main expectation was

that the sexual revolution would have brought a lot of freedom, but it is associated with an

avalanche of health and social problems.

In terms of sexuality, the sexual revolution alluded that women also enjoyed sex and had

sexual needs as much as men. The revolution proposed the same sexual freedoms for everyone in

society. The introduction of the pill also made it possible for women to determine when to get

pregnant. Sexual revolution for a feminist was all about female sexual empowerment. The sexual

revolution led to increased promiscuity and rejection of the foundation of American society

(Huber, and Michael 35). The feminist utterly clashed over the morality of this revolution. In
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terms of power, the women started to challenge their exclusion from critical social institutions,

especially politics and the workplace. They additionally questioned their traditional sexual roles.

The revolutions saw a significant change in various facets concerning sex. For instance,

movement such as the LBBTQ arose to champion for sexual orientation rights. Similarly, it

became more pervasive for intercultural and interracial sex. Sex becomes more individualized,

with people making their own choices in terms of the partners they want to indulge in sex with.

Social class in regards to sex was additionally disregarded.

The sexual movement lost its political edge as the decade progressed. The societal

emphasis on marriage and virginity consequently became replaced by sexual exploration and

single life (Nancy, 104). For instance, Helen Gurley Brown's book Sex and the Single girl

proposed open sexuality and career woman.

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Work Cited

Escoffier, Jeffrey. "The sexual revolution, 1960-1980." GLBTQ. Encyclopedia Copyright (2015).

Huber, Valerie J., and Michael W. Firmin. "A history of sex education in the United States since

1900." International journal of educational reform 23.1 (2014): 25-51.

Nancy, Ruby K. "Sex and Unisex: Fashion, Feminism, and the Sexual Revolution." The Journal

of American Culture 40.1 (2017): 104.