sexual revolution

English

sexual revolution (plural sexual revolutions)

A period in which attitudes towards sexual behavior undergo a substantial change, usually in the direction of increased liberality.
A specific period in the 1960s and 1970s during which such change is said to have occurred in Western Europe and North America.
- 1994, Richard Nixon, “America Beyond Peace”, in Beyond Peace‎, New York: Random House, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, page 235:
  The sexual revolution has wreaked havoc on the American family: increasing rates of divorce, illegitimacy, and single-parent families.

period in which attitudes towards sexual behavior undergo a substantial change

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