sexual revolution

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In it, Crystal alleges that her late husband, Playboy mogul Hugh Hefner, was pretty bad at sex, despite being an advocate for America’s sexual revolution.

From Salon

He holds extreme positions on abortion, thinks that America is in crisis because 25% of young people identify as queer, defends young earth creationism, traces school massacres to the sexual revolution of the 1960s, and questions whether church and state should be separate.

From Salon

Ms. Elkin was a stay-at-home mother in suburban Buffalo in 1972 when she approached the management of WNED, the local PBS member station, with an idea: a half-hour public affairs show focused on women and their concerns as the sexual revolution and second-wave feminism reshaped the gender landscape.

From New York Times

He's described modern society as "not a sexual revolution particular to our own enlightened age, but it's a return to pre-Christian pagan sexual immorality or perversion," and argued that "our country died that Tuesday night" that Barack Obama was elected president.

From Salon

In 2016, he gave a speech in which he blamed feminism, liberal divorce laws, and the "sexual revolution" for mass shootings.

From Salon