60's attitude

[Gillies, Lindsay]

P wrote:
:On Sun, 24 Mar 1996, Tresy Kilbourne wrote:
:> It's a common myth that the counterculture (of which GR is the most
:> splendid legacy) was sexually tolerant, when in fact it was quite sexist
:> and homophobic.
:
:Don't remember the homophobic so much, [...]
:The Sexism couldn't have been more so, I would concur. The guys would sit
:around in their beards like the four wisemen hatching weighty plans to 
bring
:down the system, while the gals were fixing something to eat. And nobody
:seemed to notice a thing.
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Sexist absolutely, agreed.  The feminist movement circa 1969-70 was not 
created by Nixon Republicans alone.  Lots of Easy Riders helped out. 
 Homophobic absolutely.  We're talkin street-fightin men (though Mick 
himself is an interesting case...) not to mention Stokely Carmichael (a-and 
what about that Tiny Tim?).  I personally recall an overabundance of 
testosterone all around, macho warriors on both sides giving (a) rise to 
each other.
 --LindsayG