Watergate, Warhol and the Birth of Post-Sixties America

[kelber at mindspring.com]

>From anecdotal evidence provided by, ahem, friends, it seems the internet has helped revive promiscuous Sex  (if it was ever, in fact, dead).

Laura
-----Original Message-----
>From: Paul Mackin <paul.mackin at verizon.net>
>Sent: Apr 21, 2006 8:07 AM
>To: pynchon-l at waste.org
>Subject: Re: Watergate, Warhol and the Birth of Post-Sixties America
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>On Apr 20, 2006, at 4:48 PM, David Casseres wrote:
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>> On 4/20/06, Paul Mackin <paul.mackin at verizon.net> wrote:
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>>> for a brief decade  promiscuous Sex could be had conveniently,
>>> irresponsibly and safely.
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>> But the Pill became available May 11, 1960, and at least at my
>> college, the Sexual Revolution was in full fuck by 1961.
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>Yes, the pill was important and as the  60s rolled on there was much
>relaxation on he  part of  parental and school authorities regarding
>the  sexes residing together, staying out all night together,
>vacationing  together.
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>But I was mainly referring to the behavior
>of  grownups and not to whether sex  was occurring
>but whom it was occurring with and how indiscriminately.
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>Over the broad population, from young adults to the very
>late middle-aged.
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>People were mostly married to someone else.  (or recently separated  
>from)
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>Sex became like shaking hands.
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>Hope I'm not exaggerating too much.
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>Roe v. Wade had to be a big factor.
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>There was nothing to worry about.
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