The late well noted American anthropologist, Margret Mead claimed that there was but one sexual revolution in American history, which she stated occurred in the 'Roaring 20's.' Mead died in 1978, perhaps her perceptiveness was a bit dulled in the late 1960's and early 1970's when it appeared some strange crap was happening in our nation. Let me ask you readers of age if your recall the little music and art festival that took place in August of 1969...I believe it was on a dairy farm in New York State called 'Woodstock.' There was some serious envelope pushing of sex and drugs at that site four days running amongst 400,000 participants. Then the early 1970's introduced more than a passing notation of issues relating to two new medical terms: HIV / AIDS. Hello Margret Mead.
Another little incident happened about this time that, in retrospect, it appears to have shaken our citizens' appreciation for and confidence in moral leadership...the most powerful leader in the free world, United States President, Richard Nixon resigned his Presidency in shame.
In recent times America have witnessed elementary children murdered at their school desks, families slaughtered in movie theaters, night club goers trapped and killed, terrorism at home and abroad while a nation grows more bitter and divisive with each passing day.
I would not suggest the sex and drug activities and less than moral leadership of the late '60's and early '70's caused the 'now conditions' but one might make the case that those events and activities do qualify as a 'revolution' of sort!
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