How Sex Changed America And if birth control wasn't allowed in the United States, women wouldn't be able to openly enjoy sex and sex would be unheard of and invisible. Less than ten years ago all this was true. So what changed Americans' views on sex? The answer is the sexual revolution of the 1960s. The sexual revolution changed the lives of many Americans. Women became more independent and free, the Pill gave Americans the choice to make their own sex lives, and sex was everywhere. From magazines to television, sex was there. “A number of experts accept this relaxed attitude towards sex outside of relationships as a natural consequence of the sexual revolution, the growing independence of women and the availability of modern contraceptives” (Wilson). Today, sex is such a widely discussed topic among adults, teenagers, and even older adults that we don't even think twice about it. We Americans don't even realize how we went from being a private and sacred thing to sex being so casual we don't even realize it exists. “The sexual revolution was a good thing. It allowed people to remove the shackles of repressive and puritanical morality and experience freedom. People are sexual beings and need to explore their sexuality when they feel ready, without fear of guilt or shame.” (Boehi). As a result of the sexual revolution, women's roles began to change. Women were no longer tied to their children and could enjoy the world and explore their sexual desires before choosing whether or not to marry and have children. “If not for women's self-determined sexual liberation, the sexual revolution might have been another unremarkable episode in humanity's long and varied sexual history. Instead with sexual impetus......middle of paper......012. Network. December 13, 2013. Boehi, Dave. "Victims of the Sexual Revolution". Victims of the sexual revolution. Np, 2008. Web. December 13, 2013. Cohen, Nancy. "How the Sexual Revolution Changed America Forever." Othernet. Np, Feb. 5, 2012. Web. Dec. 11, 2013. Desmond, Joan F. “Daily News.” The predictable results of the sexual revolution. Np, August 3, 2012. Web. December 13, 2013. Lindner, Vicki. “I was a commander in the sexual revolution.” Frontiers 15.2 (1994): 87. ProQuest. Network. 12 December 2013 "People and events: the pill and the sexual revolution." PBS. PBS, nd Web. 12 December 2013. Risman Barbara and Pepper Schwartz. “After the Sexual Revolution: Gender Politics in Teen Dating.” Spring 2002: 16-23. SIRS Issues Web. 12 December 2013. Wilson, Brenda. “Sex Without Intimacy: No Dating, No Relationship.” December. 2013.