What Was the Significance of the Birth-Control Pill in the 1960s

question 37

Multiple Choice

What was the significance of the birth-control pill in the 1960s?

• A) The pill highlighted how the feminist movement was entirely separate from and only came after the so-called sexual revolution.
• B) Although access to the pill was a goal of the feminist movement, it would not be available for several more decades.
• C) The pill resulted in the dramatic decrease of sexually transmitted diseases among both men and women in the 1960s.
• D) The availability of the pill played little role in American life because few college women of the period were sexually active.
• E) Widespread access to the pill led to more open discussion of birth control, reproduction, and sexuality in general.

Understand the concepts of stress, frustration, conflict, and pressure and their differences.

Identify different types of conflicts and their characteristics.

Recognize how stress affects health and well-being.

Examine the biopsychosocial model in psychology.

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