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Post by y2kbaby on May 12, 2021 12:07:36 GMT 10
From political, pop culture, social norms, society overall, was the 1970s more socially conservative or socially more liberal. I personally believe the 1970s was leaning left. Maybe not as progressive as now, but to me the 1970s did felt progressive.
IMO shows like Charlie's Angels, Wonder Woman, Three's Company, One Day At A Time, Soul Train, Chico and The Man. Good Times, Sanford & Son, All in the Family, Maude, The Mary Tyler Moore Show were such groundbreaking tv shows that paved the way for shows in the years to come. Even shows like The Brady Bunch, Mr. Rogers Neighborhood and Sesame Street had a brand new lease on life. Hollywood Cinema of the 1970s was a turning point. "New Hollywood" were a different league to classic Hollywood. The movies were more vocal in terms of topics, language, violence etc...
This was the first time where minorities, women had the same equality. Different groups of people had more freedom at that point in time than the years prior. Gay rights marches took place 1970. Earth Day also debuted in 1970.
Did this era overall felt more conservative or liberal?
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Post by jaydawg89 on May 12, 2021 13:13:37 GMT 10
The early 70s were still quite progressive. The rest of the decade not quite as much. Though, the mid-late 70s were still not as convervative as the early-mid 80s.
Overall, the 70s were politically moderate.
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Post by Deleted on May 12, 2021 13:30:52 GMT 10
The early 70s were still quite progressive. The rest of the decade not quite as much. Though, the mid-late 70s were still not as convervative as the early-mid 80s. Overall, the 70s were politically moderate. I think the 1970s and 2010s had a lot in common in this area. Both decades began very forward thinking but ended very reactionary.
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Post by SharksFan99 on May 12, 2021 13:57:13 GMT 10
I would actually lean more towards them having been conservative. The '70s were progressive in a number of ways, but it was mainly in the form of a counter-culture to the public consciousness. They weren't as progressive as the '60s and they are very backward when compared with the world of today.
I think the one aspect in which they were the most progressive was the greater focus on environmentalism and animal rights. My Dad mentioned to me once about when he was a kid during the early '70s, he remembers how it was the norm for people to chuck their rubbish (trash) out the windows of their cars or as they were walking along the street. The Taronga Zoo in Sydney still had elephant rides up until as late as 1976. By the late '70s however, they both started to become mainstream topics of discussion.
In other aspects though, such as LGBTIQ+ rights, they were awfully conservative. Gay hate-crimes were still rampant during the decade and it was still a risk to openly come out as gay.
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Post by Deleted on May 13, 2021 1:02:06 GMT 10
^^^ In terms of LGBTQ rights the 70s may have been conservative but they were less so than the 80s. I've always thought of the disco era as being an era of change on this issue and I think we could have had full acceptance much sooner if the 80s would have turned out differently. The 80s were the decade in which homosexuality became a national political issue in light of the AIDS crisis and Jerry Falwell's culture war.
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Post by slashpop on May 13, 2021 3:28:09 GMT 10
^^^ In terms of LGBTQ rights the 70s may have been conservative but they were less so than the 80s. I've always thought of the disco era as being an era of change on this issue and I think we could have had full acceptance much sooner if the 80s would have turned out differently. The 80s were the decade in which homosexuality became a national political issue in light of the AIDS crisis and Jerry Falwell's culture war. It depends who you ask in terms of being an era of change or tolerance. A lot of lgbt people from who’ve I’ve talked to don’t think the promiscuous culture of the 1970s led to kinds of change they wanted. You can also say the free love attitude in the 1960s had some drawbacks but again this is probably a different topic.
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Post by slashpop on May 13, 2021 3:44:38 GMT 10
I think the 70s overall were not too liberal or too conservative but somewhere inbetween.
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Post by astropoug on May 18, 2021 1:22:09 GMT 10
Not as radical as the 60s, but definitely liberal. This decade was all about environmentalism, New Age, and spirituality. The 70s also had the highly liberal Jimmy Carter in office during its end, but even the infamous Nixon isn't that conservative. He enacted the EPA and ended the military draft. It was also the most peaceful decade of the Cold War era.
It's a pretty stark contrast from the Reagan-era 80s, and the highly conservative attitude of the decade.
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