Beginning in the early 1960’s, American politicians began to pay closer attention to the social issue of teen pregnancy. Teen pregnancy refers to women between 13 and 19 years of age, who have not yet reached childbearing age and are still physically and mentally undeveloped to have children. A number of significant social changes during the late 50s and early 60s shifted American culture and brought along, long-lasting effects that still affect our society today. The sexual revolution of the 1960’s shaped America by altering the sexual behaviors and societal norms of young Americans. (Boonstra, 2004). By the beginning of the 1970’s, early Childbearing had become one of the most serious social problems not only in America but …show more content…
The Approach to many social issues changed, drastically throughout that decade, and it was the beginning of what is now known as “The Sexual Revolution”. The social movements of the 60’s were mainly led by feminists, gays, and many political organizations. They took on a quest for independence, sovereignty and equality. The results were a dramatic change in the old-fashioned standards associated with sex, and sexuality, which eventually became more socially acceptable. As the women’s right movement grew in the late 60s, women started questioning their exclusion from society, job related inequalities, and ultimately they also began to question the traditional sexual roles they play in our society. The progress of the women’s right movement came along with a powerful change of attitudes and a notorious shift in women’s social behavior and the sexual pattern of a whole generation. In the 1960’s and early 1970’s young women of America began to develop new concepts about their own sexuality, because the stigma associated with women’s sexual behavior was on the decline. This was a time when many traditional ideas that beleaguered women were being questioned. Young women of such generation began to realize that the general standards about sexuality that they were taught, were prejudicial and discriminating. This lead to change in sexual and societal behavior among young women. Nevertheless, like any other collective change of …show more content…
It provided women with a more manageable and inexpensive way to control their own body.. “The pill” played an important role as part of the Sexual revolution, by giving women control over their lives. Women were able to pursue higher education and full time employment without worrying about becoming pregnant. The pill gave women not only sexual freedom, but more equality in many other levels. Since the creation of the pill, a higher rate of women graduated college and attained professional careers and important charges. Unfortunately the invention of the pill, also came accompanied by issues related to the sexual morality and new behavioral patterns of Americans. As a consequence of the sexual liberation of our society, sexually transmitted diseases teen pregnancy, single parenthood, and divorce has increased considerably. Since the 60s, marriage has declined by a third and divorce has doubled. During the 1960s there were only four big STDs, now there are twenty-four. Since the sexual revolution, children living in single-parent families has tripled.(Parke