Illegitimacy, postwar psychology, and the reperiodization of the sexual revolution.Abstract: Alan Petigny, "Illegitimacy illegitimacy: see bastard. Illegitimacy bend sinister supposed stigma of illegitimate birth. [Heraldry: Misc.] Clinker, Humphry servant of Bramble family turns out to be illegitimate son of Mr. Bramble. [Br. Lit. , Postwar Psychology, and the Reperiodization of the Sexual Revolution" Drawing on vital statistics and census data, the author argues that the Sexual Revolution was unfolding in the United States during the 1940s and 1950s. Contrary to popular belief, the sexual revolution (on a behavioral level) did not start in the 1960s, it was not ignited by the introduction of the birth control pill birth control pill n. See oral contraceptive. birth control pill Oral contraceptive, see there , it was not significantly fanned by the baby boomers' coming of age, and, most important of all, the sexualization  This article or section is in need of attention from an expert on the subject.Please help recruit one or [ improve this article] yourself. See the talk page for details. of the popular culture did not anticipate the liberalization lib·er·al·ize v. lib·er·al·ized, lib·er·al·iz·ing, lib·er·al·iz·es v.tr. To make liberal or more liberal: "Our standards of private conduct have been greatly liberalized . . . of mass behavior. According to the author, the reason the 1960s have been so heavily emphasized by scholars is because of a general failure to distinguish between manners and morals, or between norms and values. |
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