San Francisco, California became a welcoming hub for the Hippies to nest. They planted themselves in the Haight Ashbury District. This area provided access to two large parks that would eventually offer free concerts for legendary music like the The Greatful Dead. The Buena Vista Park was a social campground for many hippies that did not have shelter. Since most of the group abandoned their homes and joined the roving train of VW buses and hitchhikers, they were left to band together in makeshift camps. The stodgy conservatism of their parents left them rebelling against the traditional relationships between men and women. This ignited a revolution of free sex, and “feel good” mentality. The prevalence of LSD and Marijuana only lessened their inhibitions. LSD became the Hippie “sacrament”. Many professed a deep spiritual awakening only achievable by a potent LSD “trip.”
The way hippies altered society’s outlook on sex and sexuality changed today’s society’s attitude on the matter forever. Before the sixties people were conservative until the new counterfeit generation, hippies, started expressing themselves by switching from long skirts that were to their ankles to short mini-skirts that exposed more skin and also by ditching their bra’s completely to show “independence”. As journalist and psychologist started writing articles that encouraged this behavior the more severe the teens and young adults actions became. Birth control was also now available and this encouraged them to having “casual sex”. Also, more people began to be outspoken about their sexuality and were now “coming out of the closet”. These risky actions were bred out of their wanting of sexual freedom, and hippies wanting to be able to not have to be ashamed for who they were.
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