1960s context Flashcards
1
Q
What was happening in the 1960s?
A
-Beatlemania
-Swinging sixties
-The assassination of SFK
-Soviet union launching the first women into space
2
Q
What new laws were created in the 60s?
A
Divorce laws, abortion laws and introduction of contraceptive pill
3
Q
What were women less restricted as?
A
Less restricted assembly being wives and mothers
4
Q
Traditionally what were women represented as?
A
Damsels in distress and needing to be rescued by a hero
5
Q
What was happening in the media?
A
Women were becoming increasingly sexualised in the media
6
Q
What were many feminists demanding?
A
Many feminists demanding change to the way they were being treated in society and the way there seen in the media
