| Part of the counterculture of the 1960s | |
 Buttons from the sexual revolution | |
| Date | 1960s–1970s |
|---|---|
| Location | Western world |
| Participants |
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| Outcome | Wider acceptance of sexuality and contraception |
The sexual revolution, also known as the sexual liberation, was a social movement that challenged traditional codes of behavior related to sexuality and interpersonal relationships throughout the developed Western world from the 1960s to the 1970s.[1] Sexual liberation included increased acceptance of sex outside of traditional heterosexual, monogamous relationships (primarily marriage).[2] The normalization of contraception and the pill, public nudity, pornography, premarital sex, homosexuality, masturbation, alternative forms of sexuality, and the legalization of abortion all followed.[3][4]
- ^ Allyn, David (2000). Make Love, Not War: The Sexual Revolution. Little, Brown and Company. pp. 4–5. ISBN 0-316-03930-6.
- ^ Escoffier 2003, p. 47.
- ^ Germaine Greer and The Female Eunuch
- ^ "Abc-Clio". Greenwood.com. Archived from the original on July 9, 2011. Retrieved November 5, 2011.