While Dominican culture may appear to be relaxed, the general views on sex are very outdated and conservative. This is largely due to the presence of Catholicism, the predominant religion among Hispanics in the DR, and a prevalence of …show more content…
sexual revolution, sexual education was readily available to all young adults, with little to no backlash for those who sought it. These differences in upbringing can be demonstrated by the human doll that was brought from America to the D.R. (Alvarez 225). The Human Body doll served to provide children with a basic educational understanding of the body, something that Dominican children would have never had access to as it related to sexuality. In fact, within the Dominican culture, female students would not have access to sex education the way other young girls might have in the American educational system. The United States adopted an even more open attitude towards sex during in the 1960s/70s. Sex became more socially acceptable outside the strict boundaries of heterosexual marriage. Aptly named the era of "free love," thousands of individuals amassed to preach the “power of love” and the “beauty of