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Sexual Revolution 1918-45 (Impact of WW2 (Women would have affairs during…
Sexual Revolution 1918-45
Changes after WWI
They challenged British ideals about not talking about sex
One book called Marries Love by Marie Stopes (1918)
Different books were published after WWI
Sold 750,000 copies by 1931 and was banned in the USA
Sparked the modern gay rights movement
League for Human rights had 100,000 members
Impact of WW2
Women would have affairs during the war and would return to their marriage when their husband returned
Conservative writers were disgusted by this
Women were cheating on their husbands while they were at war
Alfred Kinsey published two reports in 1948 and 53
WW2 led to massive breakdown in relationships
Asked people about their sexual habits which was controversial
Analysaed homosexuality froma neutral perspective
Significant impact because marriage traditions were breaking down indicating there was a sexual revolution because normally a wife would not cheat on their husband is breaking religion morals which can tell us there was a revolution
In addition, there was a change in the morals of gay people and there were more gay people. But there was no significant change because gay people were continued to be looked down on and being gay
Books
Had explicit descriptions of sex and the book was heavily censored
Obscene Publications Act 1959 made it okay to publish offensive texts and in 1960 an uncut version was released
Book was notorious for it story between a working class man and a upper class woman
Lady Chatterley's Lover (1928)
There was some impact because normally these sort of things were not talked/written about and this meant that there was some sort of revolution which would encourage women and men to write about their thoughts and feelings about sex to break the barriers of stereotypes. The fact tat this was book was popular indicates that there was a large scale of people who also thought like this and indicates there was some sort of revolution based off how many people were inspired after the revolution