Linda Skolnick Revolutions Of The 60s And 70s Summary

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As a child, I was taught that we take history classes so that we don't repeat it. In Skolnick's article, she covers revolutions of the 60s and 70s. She starts off by talking about a big scandal of the 1960s it involves that "limiting" a women's rights. Back then the government tried to put a limit on a woman's rights, in today's society the government still tries to limit them. For instance, the recent rape case with the Stanford student, he got to go free while the girl has to live with his heinous actions. Similarly how Linda Leclair was put on trial and almost got kicked out of school while her boyfriend was never charged. In similar rape cases around the country, women are being blamed for dressing too "slutty" or drinking too much. These are morals that are only forced upon women and barrier they have been trying to break. Women in this century are trying to do this by becoming a feminist and speaking out about the injustice that they and other women are facing. It shows that we haven't learned enough since then and that we are going to repeat these revolutionary cycles until a change has been made. The article talked about the cultural and political was the sixties. Skolnick talks about civil rights movement, the antiwar movement, and the student movement. Even though the movements have different rallying points there are student movements going on in our country. Students nationwide are starting to speak up about the outrageous amount of student loans they have to pay back as a result of getting their college education. Just like in the 60s the education system is not perfect and there for the people of this country, have t exercise their rights, and assert themselves for their cause. While the antiwar doesn't necessarily apply in our countries current state civil rights are very relevant as of late. The first group of people that's rights are being infringed upon is the LGBTQA community. They just recently got the right to be married in all fifty states. But there are still hate crimes committed against people in their community. Also, some people in the community are having problems with being able to go to a bathroom in which they identify with. However, the bathroom is not the only place transgender people face discrimination. Now that many young transgender teens are entering college they are not allowed necessarily to room with the gender they identify with. People won't even abide by the pronouns that the person identifies with. All matters are being encroached upon the civil rights of life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness as stated in the constitution. But people cannot see past their sexuality and or life choice so they don't get treated fairly. The second and most obvious case is that of police brutality and racial profiling. In the 60's civil rights activist, made strides by changing laws so that …show more content…
"In the early 1960s, with most families, apparently fitting the image of breadwinner/housewife and children, the traditional family structure seemed an unquestionable fact of life "(8). This means that the father was always the sole provider for the family. While it was the wife's job to take care of the house and the children. This was the definition of a normal household in the early 1960s but Skolnick goes on to talk about how the family structure begins to shift. She mentions the family patterns that were once seen as deviants, such as working mothers premarital sex and divorce, began to affect a majority of the population. All of those "deviant" patterns have now become the norm in our society and just like the men and women of the sixties shifted their culture, we seek to do the same. For instance, people are getting married later much later in this generation than in the previous ones. Women no longer want to be housewives they are pursuing their careers even if it means becoming a mother later. Women can also be the breadwinners in the relationship. Fathers want paternal leave so they can take part in raising their child as well. Men no longer think that raising a child is women's job. People of this generation are breaking the ideals of the past to be even more

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