sexual revolution
Example Sentences
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People like Andrea Dworkin, they came of age before the sexual revolution and before feminism.
From Salon • Sep. 3, 2022
When I was back in high school — a Catholic girls’ school in Cincinnati at the beginning of the sexual revolution — our religion class covered the abortion issue in approximately 45 seconds.
From Seattle Times • May 13, 2022
But “The Shattering,” which intertwines the civil rights movement, the Vietnam War and the sexual revolution, is no saccharine account.
From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 25, 2021
But in recent decades, with the integration and rising power of Catholics in America, along with the sexual revolution, the divisions became more internal.
From Washington Post • Jun. 18, 2021
She came of age long before the sexual revolution, which meant she had a particular experience of—and a particular fury about—what women had been routinely expected to tolerate.
From Slate • Dec. 4, 2018
