Changes In Moral Attitudes And The ‘permissibe Society’ Flashcards
What does the ‘permissive society’ refer to?
Refers to a time of general sexual liberation, with changes in public and private morals and a new openness
How do critics use the term ‘permissive society’
In a negative way believing it was a decline in conventional and moral standards , encouraged by the contraceptive pill, the spread of the mass media and the enactment of liberal legislation
Permissive ideas were spread by
The media from ‘teen’ magazines through to a growing number of uncensored novels
At the end of the decade, rates of sexually transmitted infections were
On the rise- especially among the young
Who was concerned about these changes
The moral campaigner Mary Whitehouse
The publicity and support Mrs Whitehouse received led to the setting up of?
The National Viewers’ and Listeners’ Association in 1965 = soon had 100,000 members
Despite her lobbying, whitehouse failed to
Have any impact on the programmes shown
The permissive society was also seen as the spread of
Drug culture
In the first half of the 1960s cocaine and heroine addiction became how many times more prevalent?
Ten times more prevalent and use of soft drugs were more commonplace by the end of the decade
‘Hippy lifestyle’ with its emphasis on ‘free love’ and ‘flower power’ promoted?
Drug culture event Beatles turned to LSD
what act madeit unlawful to posses drugs such as cannabis and cocaine
The dangerous drug act 1967
What report suggested legalising soft drugs like cannabis but who was this rejected by?
The wootton report of 1968 = suggested legalising soft drugs like cannabis but this was rejected by Home Secretary James Callaghan
What was James Callaghan compare to Roy Jenkins his predecessor
James Callaghan was much less liberal
- wanted ‘to call a halt to the rising tide of permissiveness’
In 1970 the maximum sentence for supplying drugs was increased to?
14 years imprisonment
The degree to which liberal permissiveness actually influenced attitudes and behaviours in the 1960s can also be ?
Exaggerated
