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Article: Illegitimacy, postwar psychology, and the reperiodization of the sexual revolution.(Abstracts)(Brief Article)
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- Journal of Social History
- Article date:
- September 22, 2004
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Abstract: Alan Petigny, "Illegitimacy, 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 ...