In many ways, the Sexual Revolution is emblematic of the popular understanding of a libertine turn in American culture in the 1960s. The birth control pill, approved by the FDA in 1960, is often viewed as providing women with unprecedented sexual freedom and as acting as the catalyst for widespread premarital sex. Based on the assigned readings, discuss how accurate this view is. What can we say about behavioral and attitudinal changes associated with the Sexual Revolution? What role did the birth control pill play in both married and single American womens sexual and reproductive decisions during this period?
Two of the Four Sources:
https://www.hoover.org/research/has-sexual-revolution-been-good-women-no
https://archives.frontpagemag.com/fpm/sow-free-love-wind-reap-sexual-debasement-bruce-thornton/
