sexual revolution

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Heritage equates the pill with feminism and the sexual revolution.

From Slate • Nov. 11, 2025

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 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

Villanova University theologian Massimo Faggioli said the essay was thin in its analysis by effectively attributing the scandal to the sexual revolution.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 11, 2019

Speaking via phone earlier this month, Comen wondered if the roadblocks we still grapple with in the cancer community today got their start, ironically, at the height of the sexual revolution.

From Salon • Dec. 29, 2018