Reply #13: Perhaps, but we were breaking free of Gidget ,June Cleaver,and white gloves, twin sets and pearls. [View All]

Oh, the last two are back now. Go figure. :)

But, my generation brought things out in the open far more than they ever had been, not me necessarily, but my generation. Oppositon had been building to racism, sexism, repressed sexuality, adherence to conventional belief systems, resistence to creativity. We marked a tipping point that had been building for some time. And there really has been no going back...for the most part. We do have stragglers, recidivists and pockets of resistance. And in full disclosure, I'm still a twinset and pearl sort of person. Just not like the early 60's. My major unconventional area was a passion for science fiction. I traded paperbacks and plot lines with the science guys. It was fun.

But there is still much to be done. I guess there always will be, people being what they are.