1960’s Permissive Society
By Ifrah Ansari
¨ New society of post war Europe
¨ Outdoor public festivals for young people
¨ Music, drugs, sex
¨ Flamboyant dress, facial painting, free-form dancing
¨ “love and peace”
Sexual revolution
· Sex education
· Decriminalization of homosexuality
· Birth control pill
· More sexual behavior
Increase in divorce rates
· Extramarital sex
· Breakdown of the traditional family
Playboy magazine
· well written articles on masculinity
· encouraged men to seek sexual gratification outside of marriage
Drug culture
· Marijuana
· LSD



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