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6 Cards in this Set
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Weeks on the 'permissive moment' (1981) |
- More than alegislative moment - shift frombourgeois virtues of self-denial and saving to an emphasis on spending - shift to the centrality of INDIVIDUAL CONSENT in place of theimperatives of PUBLIC MORALITY - Changing ideas ofindividual freedom yet actual sexual practices which remained conservative e.g.young people: represented as out of control hippies and delinquents – aregenerally conservative: not having premarital sex; marrying early - real changecomes from The Women’s and Gay Liberation Movementspost 1968 |
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An emotional revolution 1945-65 |
living standards up --> morepractical considerations side-lined in favour of ‘love’.PREWAR– emphasis on respect and affection, downplayed attraction and passion POSTWAR– emphasis on the physicality of love, its instinctual character, the need forchemistry and emotional intimacy. |
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Kate Fisher's work on sex and contraception before the sexual revolution (1918-1963) |
Men’s knowledge of birth control muchmore extensive than women’s. Men’s networks of information much moredeveloped and varied The dynamics of relationships in whichmen were meant to be informed and women ignorant fostered patterns ofcontraceptive activity which privileged male action and prized femalepassivity |
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Stages of the Sexual Revoultion (Callum Brown) |
1.1960-67 the sexual revolution ended lowlevels of illegitimacy and pre-marital sex 2.1968 the pill’s availability to singlewomen paused the rise in illegitimacy 3.From 1972, morecouples chose to have children out of wedlock in a new moral climate sustainedto this day. |
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Brown's analysis of the stages
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Stages one and three we see neither politics nor technology driving change – rather these are religious and cultural in character. Brown argues that the teachings of the church about sex and morality had decreasing purchase on the young. |
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The Pill |
Theoral contraceptive pill was available to married women 1961 to 1967 and from1968 to single women. Significant – women gainingcontrol over their fertility |
