sexual revolution

Definitions

1. A period in which attitudes towards sexual behavior undergo a substantial change, usually in the direction of increased liberality.
2. A specific period in the 1960s and 1970s during which such change is said to have occurred in Western Europe and North America.

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Examples

“The sexual revolution has wreaked havoc on the American family: increasing rates of divorce, illegitimacy, and single-parent families.”

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