Sex: The Revolution
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| - | *the [[Generation Gap]] | + | *the [[Generation gap]] |
| *[[Beatniks]] | *[[Beatniks]] | ||
| *[[Free Speech]] vs. Filthy Speech | *[[Free Speech]] vs. Filthy Speech | ||
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| *the [[Abortion]] debate | *the [[Abortion]] debate | ||
| - | *the [[Strip Club]] | + | *the [[Strip club]] |
| *Sex as [[marketing]] tool | *Sex as [[marketing]] tool | ||
| *[[Sexploitation]] | *[[Sexploitation]] | ||
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| *[[Harvey Milk]] | *[[Harvey Milk]] | ||
| **Assassination of [[Harvey Milk|Milk]] and [[George Moscone]] | **Assassination of [[Harvey Milk|Milk]] and [[George Moscone]] | ||
| - | **the Castro Riots | + | **the [[Castro Riots]] |
| *[[Anita Bryant]] vs. [[Homosexuality]] | *[[Anita Bryant]] vs. [[Homosexuality]] | ||
| *Anti-feminist Movement | *Anti-feminist Movement | ||
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| *the modern [[pornographic magazine]] | *the modern [[pornographic magazine]] | ||
| **[[Full-frontal nudity]] | **[[Full-frontal nudity]] | ||
| - | **[[Hustler Magazine]] | + | **[[Hustler magazine]] |
| **[[Penthouse Magazine]] | **[[Penthouse Magazine]] | ||
| **''"showing pink"'' | **''"showing pink"'' | ||
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| **The death of [[Rock Hudson]] | **The death of [[Rock Hudson]] | ||
| *the [[Meese Commission]] | *the [[Meese Commission]] | ||
| - | **''"I know it when I see it"'' | + | **''"[[I know it when I see it]]"'' |
| *[[Fatal Attraction]] | *[[Fatal Attraction]] | ||
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| **Increased awareness and concern over [[domestic violence]]. | **Increased awareness and concern over [[domestic violence]]. | ||
| **Change in gender roles in society. | **Change in gender roles in society. | ||
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| + | *''[[Do Communists Have Better Sex?]]'', 2008 documentary which focuses on East and West Germany in the same period | ||
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Sex: The Revolution[1] (2008) is a four-part documentary miniseries that aired on VH1 and The Sundance Channel that chronicled the history of the sexual culture in America from the 1950s through the turn of the millenium. Ironically, the version shown on VH1 was pixelated to censor nudity including in discussions of censorship of nudity.
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Episodes
- "Save It 'Til Marriage:" first aired Monday, May 12, 2008, focused on sexual repression of the 1950s
- "The Big Bang:" first aired Tuesday, May 13, 2008, the sexual explosion of the 1960s
- "Do Your Thing:" first aired Wednesday, May 14, 2008, the sexual independence of the 1970s
- "Tainted Love:" first aired Thursday, May 15, 2008, the tail end of the revolution during the late 1970s and early 1980s. And the beginning of AIDS.
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Key topics
- The Kinsey Report
- Playboy
- Rock and Roll
- Citizens for Decent Literature
- The Pill
- Sex and the Single Girl
- Playboy Clubs
- the Generation gap
- Beatniks
- Free Speech vs. Filthy Speech
- Sexual Freedom League
- Hippies and the Summer of Love
- Protest culture
- Civil Rights Movement
- the Vietnam War
- Abbie Hoffman
- the Abortion debate
- the Strip club
- Sex as marketing tool
- Sexploitation
- the new Film Code
- Sex on Broadway (Oh! Calcutta!)
- Masters and Johnson
- Swingers
- Urban Swingers
- Esalen Institute
- Encounter groups
- New attitudes towards sexuality in the middle class
- Linda LeClair and Barnard College
- Women's Equality
- Efforts against the Sexual Revolution
- Midnight Cowboy
- Woodstock
- Feminism and Gay Liberation
- Stonewall Riots
- The removal of Homosexuality from the list of mental illnesss
- Fire Island
- Fear of Flying
- Roe v. Wade
- Sandstone Retreat
- Wide-release pornography
- Porno Chic
- Deep Throat
- Behind the Green Door
- the Castro District and the rise of Gay Villages in many major cites.
- Harvey Milk
- Assassination of Milk and George Moscone
- the Castro Riots
- Anita Bryant vs. Homosexuality
- Anti-feminist Movement
- Disco
- the modern pornographic magazine
- Full-frontal nudity
- Hustler magazine
- Penthouse Magazine
- "showing pink"
- Anti-pornography campaign
- The Rolling Stones "Black and Blue Billboard"
- Rise in Divorce Rates
- The Backlash
- Dressed to Kill
- Cruising
- Looking for Mr. Goodbar
- The rise of the Religious Right
- The US presidential election of Ronald Reagan
- VD and STDs
- AIDS
- "the gay disease"
- The death of Rock Hudson
- the Meese Commission
- Fatal Attraction
- the notion of safe sex
- Repercussions and positive changes as a result of the revolution in the new century.
- Internet Pornography
- Reality Television
- Sexual imagery in the media.
- Increased acceptance and visibility of gays and lesbians
- Sexual harassment in the work place.
- Increased awareness and concern over domestic violence.
- Change in gender roles in society.
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See also
- Do Communists Have Better Sex?, 2008 documentary which focuses on East and West Germany in the same period
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