The 1960s

• Rise in scientific knowledge as the contraceptive pill was released for women, oral contraception which is 99% effective has a liberating effect on the English approach to sex.

• First political debate televised – Nixon vs. Kennedy• Berlin wall was built. The Berlin Wall became a symbol of

communist oppression and a propaganda tool for the west.• Marilyn Monroe died.• JFK got assassinated.• Beatles hit the big time.• Skirts shrank• Man walked on the moon.

Music in the sixties

Fashion

Drugs