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were a
lot
of
sex laws during that
period
the activity that
rel.ated
to the
activity
of
making,
selling,
advertising,
and
possessing
obscene
books
or
picturos. The
utilization of
contraceptive, abortion
dmgs and
of
the
illftlr
mttion about it
were also
b&med. (HalperiJrt, 1993:
1950s, there
were
major
changes
sexuality. The
arudetios
were focused
on
'">-homosexual menace''
"sex
offender"
instead
prasti';uii'on
and
masutrbation. The tem1
"sex offender'' was applied
to
rapists, child
n1clesters
or
even
homosexuals. Homosexuals were
blamed as
the
ca= of
immoral
federaL TI1ere
were thousands
of
who lost their
jobs. Restrictions
employing
the homosexuals 1:1 the federal
gavernmer.t
were
brought
about.
law
became
an
instrument
in
sbovving
the
sexual stratification. Sex ia\v
a1that
was harsh. A
single act
of
forbidden sex, such
as placing one's
!ips upon t.he
genitalia ;:ould
get severely punished
more than
rape
or
writings about sexology on
k'te em
were trying
to
lead
us
to
another kind
of
"erotic speciation'',and
one of
the
bost
examples is homOSC'dua!ity.(Halperin, 1993: 17)
The
of
was
beginning
of
gay
liberation
movement. At
the
moment
homosexuals
not have any history to
furm their goals and
stt<l:(egy,
so
!.hey created a
myt.li
from their cwn
expe:ience. They
rta!ned myth
as
''the r:
yth
of
sik:nc:;, invisibility, and
isolation" as the
chsracteristics of
homosexuals' lire.(Halperin,
1993:468)
the 1970s gay sucreeded
L"l
many aspects.Hundreds of thousand of gay men
declared same sex sexual desire.
gay
liberation movement
changed
picture of sexuality
mn011g the nation. They
won
repealil"',g
the sodomy
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