Sexual Revolution
The Sexual Revolution and Inspiring Women
The sexual revolution started out with Feminism in 1957 Betty Freidan had conducted a poll and discovered that many women portrayed to live as a happy suburban housewives. They were actually living a miserable life. Women had lost ground during the year of World War II. “The feminine Mystique” was created with the saying that many had a vision that women were and should be content in a world of bedroom, kitchens, sex, babies, and home, which made many women feel their homes were a prison. Freidan’s view of the middle class women was “a comfortable concentration camp”. The Feminism Mystique written by Freidan became an immediate bestseller for many women. Freidan had believed that women should not be conformed to the Feminine Mystique that had been created and that they should participate in if not enjoy the act of sex. The importance of the book was that it created a new way of thinking in regards to the domestic and sexual role of women in society. In 1966 Freidan and other women activists founded the NOW (National Organization for Women), it first had started out to end discrimination in the workplaces for women on the basis of sex, It went on to legalize abortion and to receive assistance for child care centers to receive support from the state and federal governments. In the 1960’s the sexual revolution had seen to be centered in and around university campuses and amongst the students. The sexual revolution in America was a dramatic shift in traditional values related to sex and sexuality. Sex had become more socially acceptable outside the strict boundaries of heterosexual marriages. In a ten year period from 1965 to 1975 sexual intercourse for women prior to marriage had showed an increase, as well as out-of-wedlock births, sexually transmitted diseases, and teen pregnancy. Since the 1960’s marriages had declined and divorces had doubled. Information also shows that more and more people mainly women, felt an
The sexual revolution started out with Feminism in 1957 Betty Freidan had conducted a poll and discovered that many women portrayed to live as a happy suburban housewives. They were actually living a miserable life. Women had lost ground during the year of World War II. “The feminine Mystique” was created with the saying that many had a vision that women were and should be content in a world of bedroom, kitchens, sex, babies, and home, which made many women feel their homes were a prison. Freidan’s view of the middle class women was “a comfortable concentration camp”. The Feminism Mystique written by Freidan became an immediate bestseller for many women. Freidan had believed that women should not be conformed to the Feminine Mystique that had been created and that they should participate in if not enjoy the act of sex. The importance of the book was that it created a new way of thinking in regards to the domestic and sexual role of women in society. In 1966 Freidan and other women activists founded the NOW (National Organization for Women), it first had started out to end discrimination in the workplaces for women on the basis of sex, It went on to legalize abortion and to receive assistance for child care centers to receive support from the state and federal governments. In the 1960’s the sexual revolution had seen to be centered in and around university campuses and amongst the students. The sexual revolution in America was a dramatic shift in traditional values related to sex and sexuality. Sex had become more socially acceptable outside the strict boundaries of heterosexual marriages. In a ten year period from 1965 to 1975 sexual intercourse for women prior to marriage had showed an increase, as well as out-of-wedlock births, sexually transmitted diseases, and teen pregnancy. Since the 1960’s marriages had declined and divorces had doubled. Information also shows that more and more people mainly women, felt an