Homosexuality In The 1920's

In the last century, sexual, gender, and relational practices and norms have changed tremendously. With the sexual and gender revolution, people are no longer bound to lasting relationships with one another in order to have sex. Instead many individuals have shifted to short term hook-ups, at least for the early parts of their adulthood. While it may seem like people are foregoing marriage in favor for these short term relationships, young adults are still looking forward to getting married someday. Many teens and young adults believe that “they should explore different relationships [and] it may be foolish and wrong not to” (Regnerus 2011: 110). Dating and long term relationships are not in danger of becoming a thing of the past; rather people are pushing them off to later parts of their lives. …show more content…
These changes were due to “the rising age of marriage” the “educational convergence of women and men”, “women’s growing autonomy”, contraception in the 60’s, and “the sheer rise in the absolute number of singles ans the baby boom generation reached sexual maturity” (Zinn 2015: 231). After the 1960s there was a drastic change in American Culture and how we viewed sexuality. There was a rise the amount of premarital sex and sexual images became a facet of everyday life. Sex had become the norm. All of these had an effect on the norms of the period. For example, with the invention of contraceptive pill, many women could have sex without fear of becoming pregnant and a single mother. The revolution “redefined sexual activity as a right of individuals and not merely as a means for reproduction or even marital intimacy” (Zinn 2015: