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The better, it allowed lots of legal change and rights for women and all sorts of good things in modern society
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better. there are still some people that are way too sexually oppressed in my opinion. people shouldn't feel guilty for having sexual feelings - it's human!
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It was for the better, because people were very wise and careful, yet had all the fun they could have whether it was serious or casual sex. Today sex is all over the place but it is considered dirty and nasty thanks to the Reagan administration of the 80s. The 80s were becoming more conservative while the 60s and 70s were all about free love and getting it on with whomever you want. America has no idea how it should feel about sex, especially today. On one hand we think it is dirty and should censor it and on the other hand we have celebrities making sex tapes. I am not saying we should go back to the free love era and we shouldn't with all of the STDs floating around, but this sex only in marriage or only with serious long-term partner is a little too conservative for me.
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Worse. I still believe in waiting until you are married before you have sex, especially with all of the STD's that are floating around today. The best way to avoid STD's is to only have one partner who has also not had other partners. That, along with religious reasons, is why I believe people should practice abstinance until they are married.
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Better. Despite what some misty-eyed wish-it-was-still-the-50s social conservatives mistakenly believe, premarital sex was not invented by hippies in the 1960s. One-third of all babies born around the Revolutionary War were born out of wedlock. Out-of-wedlock births per-capita were about the same in 1850 as they were in 1970. There are other statistics to indicate that premarital sex was just as common in past eras as it is today. (Source: "The Way We Never Were" by Stephanie Coontz). What the Sexual Revolution did was take away the stigmatization (largely aimed at women far more than men) and gave people more options to explore their sexuality without the potential burden of children and/or marriage to an unsuitable partner. Have some people abused this freedom and not willingly adopted the responsibilities that go with it? Yes. But many have treated that freedom with respect and the US is a far better place for it.
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Better. But that's because I was around at the time.
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It depends on what the Sexual Revolution really encompasses. If we're talking about people of any marital status or sexual orientation enjoying and exploring a healthy active sex life with no inhibitions (but with much caution to safety and health), I think it was the best revolution of the 20th century. If we're talking about the new "Girls Gone Wild" version of sexual freedom, I'm disgusted and embarassed by it. When I see those videos, I feel like I'm watching the de-evolution of women.
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I think the sexual revolution was for the better for grownups, but much for the worse for younger people. The stigma of having a child out of wedlock has been removed (which I think is a good thing). But there are more teenagers than ever having babies before they are emotinally or financially prepared for the responsibility, which is not good for them, or for society. The sexual revolution was a boon for adults, but I think teens were shortchanged by it.
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Much better!
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