British social attitude changes in the '60's

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  • Created by: Lottie
  • Created on: 25-03-12 11:12

Social changes

MICK JAGGER- CANNABIS POSSESION

  • police wanted to frighten young ppl
  • 3 months prison instead of fine
  • Mick Jagger not treated fairly
  • ppl wanted more freedom
  • socially more relaxed

WOMEN

  • trying to be skinnier e.g. Twiggy
  • women enterpreneurs e.g. Quant & Biba
  • Germaine Greer feminist thoughts
  • women song writers e.g. Sandy Denny

THE LADY CHATTERLY TRIAL 1963

  • infringed christian views
  • immoral that she had sex out of marriage as her husband is disabled
  • upper class & lower class affair forbidden
  • Labour party behind this modernisation
  • Penguin books not arrested
  • prosecutor : Mervyn- Griffiths asked if it was a book you wanted your servants/ wife to read= out of touch as now there was no servants and women were allowed to be part of the jury

THE BABY BOOM GENERATIONS

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