3 The Emergence of the 'liberal' society

Question 1

teen culture

what 4 aspects for the course in terms of why teen culture changed?

Answer 1

1. music
2. education
3. law
4. employment

Question 2

teen culture

music

Answer 2

• elvis presley
• the beatles 1963: number 1 ‘please please me’
• radio 1 launched in 1967

Question 3

teen culture

education

Answer 3

• ## teenagers stayed in education for longer due to the Butler Act and University expansion

Question 4

teen culture

law

Answer 4

• until 1960 young men had to serve in the army for 2 years
• 1969 voting age lowered to 18

Question 5

teen culture

employment

Answer 5

unemployment fell to 1%
- lots of opportunities for employment and wages for teenagers
- they had money to spend!

Question 6

rock n rol

5 effects rock n roll had on the youth?

Answer 6

1. drug use
2. increased sexual promiscuity
3. dropping out
4. rebelliousness
5. image

Question 7

rock n rol

drug use

Answer 7

many pop stars made refernce to drug use in their songs, the beatles controversial ‘Lucy in the Sky with Diamonds’

Question 8

increased sexual promiscuity

Answer 8

elvis, cliff richard, mick jagger had sexual dance moves

Question 9

rock n roll

dropping out

Answer 9

the hippie movement suposedly encouraged this

Question 10

rock n roll

rebeliousness

Answer 10

many pop stars opposed to vietnam and supported campaign for nuclear disarmament
- sex pistols often used ‘fuck’ in interviews :0

Question 11

rock n roll

image

Answer 11

scruffy, efiminate or ‘offensive’ looks from pop stars as young people copied this

Question 12

on the other hand: were the effects really that dramatic?

Answer 12

• behaviour from pop stars was harmless, they did it to add a touch a glamour rather than to provoke anyone
• top selling records in the 60s were about romance not sex
• huge success of British bands like the Beatles helped to restore British pride.

Question 13

2 examples of ridiculing government in theatre/tv

Answer 13

‘beyond the fringe’ 1960
‘that was the week that was’
- first time politicians had publicly been ridiculued in shows.

Question 14

sex scandals

how did rumours of sex scandals begin? where did they lead?

Answer 14

rumours of sex parties in Cliveden. The Profumo Scandal took place in 1963 (John Profumo)
- John Profumo was the minister for war under Macmillan
- the government was defeated in 1964 because macmillan defended profumo
- shock that authorities had lied.

Question 15

perception vs reality

drunk arrests? drug use? protest against vietnam?

Answer 15

• drug arrests became SLIGHTLY more common
• however, there really was a sharp rise in drug use:

1960: 235 convicted of posession
1973: 11,000

• 1960s there was a larger scale protest against vietnam, but not measurable decline in respect for parents or the law

Question 16

legislation

1960, 1965, 1967, 1969.

Answer 16

1960: betting and gambling act, legalised off course betting
1965: death penalty for murder abolished
1967: abortion act
1967: sexual offences act - decriminalised male homosexuality over 21
1969 divorce act: allowed on the grounds of ‘irrevtrievable breakdown’ of marriage.