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Mild change Moderate changeMajor change -Women’s magazine articles “Getting and keeping your man” – promoted traditional values and were popular magazines, glamourizing this ideal.-Mills and Boon novels focussed on finding husband with heroine in submissive role – hugely popular, traditional values -Pill wasn’t popular in 1960s, even 1969 only 15% married women under 45 used pill, only popular when GPs prescribed it, Women themselves had traditional values as some women still felt men should be in control of contraception -Increase in sex before marriage 1969 however 20% men 25% women still married the first person -Actors John Inman and John Gielgud felt need to keep sexuality secret -Abortion 1967 Act – legislation 2 male doctors to approve Development on backstreet abortions, increased access to WC women UC women’s abortions could be conducted professionally and brushed under the carpet Still faced opposition as access hard as most doctors were male and disapproved -Equal Pay Act 1970-75 – social attitudes persisted with employers, given 5 years to implement and women hourly rate still 59% of men, workforce highly segregated -Sex Discrimination act 1975 - unlawful for employer to discriminate due to sex but only in theory, difficult and expensive for women to pursue male careers, ways to get around law -Active feminism with Women’s liberation e.g. campaigns to reform law on divorce and abortion, 1970s argued for equal pay and jobs, made rape less taboo, Betty Friedan the Feminine mystique – peaked at 100,000 activists and became divided 70s. Women’s own traditional view movement s – wanting to stay at home -Sexual Offences Act 1967 Allowed homosexual acts in private Did not cover Scotland and Northern Ireland 21 = age of consent (vs 16 for straights) Tripled the number of prosecutions in
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2005 – homosexuals protected from discrimination, could enter civil partnerships and had the same age of consent as straights -Divorce Reform Act 1969 saw increased acceptance, however there was a fear man could abandon their wife and children.-Divorce rate rose
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5% in 1950 12% in 1980 -Marriage rate declined from 1972 -The pill 1974 (NHS) free for all women More power over bodies/fertility Increased sexual freedom and spontaneity 1960s – condom most popular form of birth control 1969 – 15% of married women under 45 using the pill Controversy over the safety -Gay liberation set up 1971, first Gay pride rally with 1k in London 1972, MC men, not universal, many stayed private -John Inman “Are you being served?” played an openly camp character – show proved a great success Voted funniest man on TV in 1976 Some gay activists found the stereotypical portrayal offensive Freedom in theatre e.g. ‘Hair’ naked people on stage and pushing boundary but this is small elite who watch these Oppositio n to liberal society Newspaper s Sexual revolution appeared in news but not real life, 1960s – most attitudes were conservative (celebrity scandals misleading that it was mainstream). Newspaper’s portrayal of the Moors Murderers 1966 killing children – unmarried in sexual relationship (news linked this to violent nature) decline in morals. Behaviour of teenagers – sexual behaviour linked to teen crime, hooliganism, fuelled moral panic surrounding youth Mary Whitehous e 1964 1964 Teacher, Christian values, launched clean up TV (most corrupting medium and damaged youth), rapid popularity showed agreement. Condemned sexual nature on TV, drinking, royal family criticism, crime and lawlessness, very extreme. TV and consumerism eroding faith in God. Part of vocal Christian minority.The NVALA 1965 1965 Whitehouse co-founded National viewers and listeners association – attracted general public, CoE, MPs, police. It opposed sex, violence, swearing on TV. Feared socialism entering UK, condemned Marx ideas and believed Christianity under threat from socialism, consumerism, tv. Dismissed by majority as absurd but 100,000 members showing widespread
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