Societal Modification Of The 1960's
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The 1960s in America was a time of immense societal modification. Peoples typical attitudes began to change in radical ways. The ongoing change in sexual ideologies and behaviours, often referred to as the sexual revolution was a movement in action. For centuries there were specific views on the roles of a women and man. Women were described in relation to motherhood or by role as a spouse. Placing a social stigma of women being passive, submissive and weak. The introduction of birth control brought forth a sense of sexual liberation because it ushered in getting rid of former values that emphasized the confinement of women’s sexual pleasure within her heterosexual marriage and home. Allowing women to deviate from traditional sex norms; sex