The Cultural Revolution

1. The Cultural Revolution “Sexual intercourse began in 1963”

2. “Annus Mirabilis” by Philip Larkin Sexual intercourse beganIn nineteen sixty-three(which was rather late for me) -Between the end of the "Chatterley" banAnd the Beatles' first LP.

3. Up to then there'd only beenA sort of bargaining,A wrangle for the ring,A shame that started at sixteenAnd spread to everything.

4. Then all at once the quarrel sank:Everyone felt the same,And every life becameA brilliant breaking of the bank,A quite unlosable game.

5. So life was never better thanIn nineteen sixty-three(Though just too late for me) -Between the end of the "Chatterley" banAnd the Beatles' first LP.

15. The Cultural Revolution “Sexual intercourse began in 1963”

16. Family Structures • Traditional family structure in most cultures

17. Divorce

18. Divorce rates shot up in most Western countries in the second half of the 20th century

19. Divorce rates did not rise significantly in most Catholic countries, especially in Latin American countries • Did not rise significantly in South Korea nor Japan

20. More people living alone in Western cities

21. More single parents

22. More freedom for women

23. Birth Control

24. Sale of contraceptives and birth control legalized in many Western countries • Abortion legalized in many Western countries

25. Homosexuality decriminalized in Britain and USA • Openly gay communities in San Francisco and New York

26. The Cult of Youth

27. Rock ‘n’ Roll

28. Record sales up 80% in 60s and 70s

29. U.S. Record Sales • 1955 (the year rock music appeared): $277,000,000 • By 1973: $2,000,000,000

30. The iconic rock star lived fast and died young

31. Blue jeans became the symbol of “modern” youth across the globe in every country where they were tolerated, and some where they were not (e.g. USSR)

32. Women’s Fashion

33. In 1965, for the first time, jeans outsold skirts in the French women’s clothing industry

34. Western culture becomes “youth obsessed” • By 1990, non-Communist Europe, North America, and Japan are consuming 83% of world’s cosmetics

35. The massive global upheaval of the 40s had separated generations

36. Differing attitudes towards work (unemployment vs. full employment)

37. Revolution China Egypt

38. Conquest and Occupation Germany Japan

39. Colonial Liberation India The Philippines

40. Third World Largely Unaffected by These Changes • These changes were not the case for most of the Third World, where populations were mostly rural and there was no change in birth control trends

41. Do Your Own Thing

42. Movie Themes Change

43. “In the film, Carmen Maura plays a man who’s had a transsexual operation and, due to an unhappy love affair with his/her father, has given up men to have a lesbian (I guess) relationship with a woman, who is played by a famous Madrid transvestite.” –Film review in the Village Voice, Paul Berman (1987) • Hollywood movies moved away from “respectable” topics and themes

44. Popularization of Illegal Drugs

45. The use of illegal drugs such as marijuana increased in the West

46. Churches Lose Sway • Church attendance declined in most Western countries • For example, in Quebec, attendance at mass dropped from 80% to 20%