How did the appearance and expansion of the mass media affect 20th-century sexuality?
What will be an ideal response?
The mass media influenced the liberation of sexuality through advocating a modern outlook on sexuality. The importance of sexual pleasure was emphasized, along with marital happiness and birth control. Sexual openness was promoted, and censorship was no longer imposed; along with previously forbidden books, there were also erotic and soft-core magazines (such as Playboy) and movies with explicit sex scenes. Sex was depicted as fun and recreational, and the link to reproduction was less and less important and emphasized. Sexuality was also treated in certain magazines as a normal part of the teenage experience. Cosmopolitan and other magazines for women emphasized the importance of female pleasure and female orgasm, encouraging women to be more open toward sexuality outside of marriage.
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