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Originally Posted by Maggy J
I don't know Zing.
However I suspect that for every good issue in the 40s,50s and 60s there were some equally awful ones.Yes commuinities might have been tighter but there was no reliable contraception,backstreet abortionists,homosexuals were in danger of imprisonment and the divorce laws were draconian and not easy to obtain and racial and sexual equality were not enshrined in law..
Rose coloured specs can make things look better than they were.
The only thing I can say was better then was childhood.Kids could climb trees,skin their knees get dirty and be away from home for hours unsupervised and they didn't get into trouble with the law.
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It was illegal.Yes lesbianism was not because Vick didn't believe it possible(being thoroughly and firmly heterosexual in nature)so that bit was never law.The other was..and many people were prosecuted as a result.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sexual_Offences_Act_1967 |
well and I know I am going to get flamed here but abortion is far to easy to get nowadays. I will never ever agree that abortion is ever right when used as contraception IE morning after pill and I will never agree that abortion is right for women who just caught by mistake. Spread your legs with no protection you made the choice you should bare the consequences its murder in my eyes.The only time I my opinion is a bit different is where health is at risk
The back street abortions were due to society not accepting single women getting pregnant I do think the change there is good except for those who do it to get housed and benefit
Well marriage is a contract and being a victim of a cheating woman who got away scott free maybe divorce should be harder to get now
Well you only have to see the influx of immigrants and how soft this country is for me I think racial equality although fair should not mean those native to this country have less rights in certain situations than those who were either born abroad or are children of those born abroad.
I know my views will be distasteful to some but I am honest and not afraid to voice my opinion