Your observations are not supported by the facts. Once the Hippie movement lost energy in the 1970s, the same spirit of cohabitation with sex and marijuana use became ingrained by the media. Other social engineering changes were introduced.
1970s
Adult Bookstores selling images of prostitutes appear everywhere.
Strip clubs appear everywhere.
Topless go-go bars appear everywhere.
Swinger magazines offering sexual encounters outside of marriage appear.
Abortion is legalized.
Freedom!
Prostitution is as old as man’s desire for sex and woman’s desire for economic or emotional security. ** Fact: Pre-Hippies.**
“The origins of striptease as a performance art are disputed and various dates and occasions have been given from ancient Babylonia to twentieth century America. The term ‘striptease’ was first recorded in 1938, though ‘stripping’, in the sense of women removing clothing to sexually excite men, seems to go back at least 400 years.” (Wikipedia)
Fact: Pre-Hippies
“Traditional cultures of North America, Africa, Australia and the Pacific Islands considered female toplessness normal and acceptable, at least until the arrival of Christian missionaries, and it continues to be the norm in many indigenous cultures today.” (Wikipedia) ** Fact: Pre-Hippies**
“fornication: for·ni·ca·tion noun \ˌfȯr-nə-ˈkā-shən
Definition of FORNICATION: consensual sexual intercourse between two persons not married to each other
First Known Use of FORNICATION: 14th century” (Merriam-Webster)
Fact: Pre-Hippies
Freedom? It’s the same old stuff, generation after generation, century after century. There is no freedom in this life, only the pursuit of it.
1980s
No-Fault Divorce completes its sweep of the country. I saw ads like this in the newspaper:
“No kids? $75 and you’re out. Call 800-DIVORCE.” Books like “How to have a healthy divorce” appeared. Movies showing a guy meeting his friends at the local bar to tell them about his divorce appeared. Were they sad for him? No. They were happy. They told him he would find someone “better.”
So we have Hippie cohabitation and now, easy divorce.
*Divorce And Remarriage From The Early Church To John Wesley
David L. Snuth
Trinity Journal 11.2 (Fall 1990): 131-142. (For
FROM WINNIPEG THEOLOGICAL SEMINARY
OTTERBURNE, MANITOBA:*
*"The problem of divorce and remarriage is by no means a recent one for the church. From its inception, it has found this problem an irritant. Throughout the centuries, Christian leaders have grappled with the pros and cons of the matter.
The Attitudes Of The Early Church
All peoples in the Roman Empire, regardless of their religious affiliation, had the right to divorce their spouses. Marriage was considered a private contract which, like all other contracts, might be dissolved. Divorce was easily attained and, because the state placed heavy financial burdens upon single people, remarriage was encouraged./
I]"* (For further reading with regard to Catholic belief:
theologicalstudies.org.uk/article_divorce_snuth.html Fact: Pre-Hippies
Add porn on cable. I’m driving past a motel offering Free Porn. Who was behind this? Originally, cable was about choices and niches. They never mentioned porn.
Porn is a choice. It may be a poor choice but it is a choice. Who was behind it? Someone, or a group of people, interested in making money off others’ prurient interests. Since you are the only person you have full control over, and you choose not to invest your money or energy in pornography, you are in no danger.]
