sexual revolution

Cultural  

1. A drastic relaxation in general standards of sexual behavior. The most recent occurred in the 1960s and was helped by the introduction of the Pill, an easy and reliable method of preventing pregnancy.

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Example Sentences

People like Andrea Dworkin, they came of age before the sexual revolution and before feminism.

From Salon • Sep. 3, 2022

But in recent decades, with the integration and rising power of Catholics in America, along with the sexual revolution, the divisions became more internal.

From Washington Post • Jun. 18, 2021

This is not unlike other moral panics that have preceded this one—reefer madness in the 1930s, moral panics about sexuality during the sexual revolution.

From Slate • Jul. 31, 2020

The show was an indictment of the soul-crushing nature of commercialization set in the Eisenhower years, before the counterculture and the sexual revolution.

From Seattle Times • Dec. 12, 2019

Villanova University theologian Massimo Faggioli said the essay was thin in its analysis by effectively attributing the scandal to the sexual revolution.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 11, 2019