Quote:
Originally Posted by martyh
Amazing how perceptions change as we get older  That may have been the case for you Maggie but where do think the phrase "baby boomers",and "promiscuous 60's" comes from .On youth crime from the 60's onwards the number of young offenders has been increasing steadily so it is no new thing .The only thing different about young people then and now is the severity of the crimes being commited .In the 60's and 70's borstals were full and teenage girls were still getting pregnant and i was a disrespectful layabout according to my gran anyway |
Baby boomers are the result of men coming back after WW2.I'm one myself.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Baby_boomer
I can only tell you what the actual experiences were for REAL people.What you get in films and reminiscences from celebs of the time are nothing like it was for ordinary young men and women in the 50's and 60s.Pregnancy outside marriage was still regarded as immoral and shameful.You either had to get married or you went on a little holiday and left your bundle of joy behind.There were no council houses for unwed teenage mothers . As for abortion up until '67 you took your life in your hands if you went to a back street abortionist.
No the promiscuity came after 67 when abortion was legalised and just about then the pill began to be given out via Family Planning Clinics.
Funny as women got more choice that more and more young girls used a baby to get a council house.
No my generation weren't as promiscuous as those in the 80s onwards.