And the world’s first computer-based matchmaking service was introduced in 1965
And the world's first computer-based matchmaking service was introduced in 1965 The conjunction of the Women's Movement and the advent of birth control spurred a sexual revolution in the '60s and '70s. If the 1950s were all about marriage rates rising and settling down early, the 1960s and 1970s ushered in a new, liberal approach to dating: premarital sex was suddenly on the map, the birth control pill emerged - thereby allotting women power over their own fertility - and dating etiquette underwent a paradigm shift as the fulfillment of sexual desire took precedence. With the passing of the Civil Rights Act in 1964 - and with the gay liberation movement picking up traction in the '70s - traditional models of dating and outdated conceptions of relationships were beginning to…
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