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COSSE, Isabella. A Discreet Revolution: The New Sexual Paradigm in Buenos Aires (1960-1975). Secuencia [online]. 2010, n.77, pp.113-148. ISSN 2395-8464.

The conviction that the 1960s moved a range of aspects of personal and collective life opens up a controversy on the meaning of changes, a particularly important problem in relation to sexual morals. In order to advance in this direction, this article analyzes the changes in social customs in Buenos Aires on the basis of three aspects: public treatment of sexuality, female virginity and pre- and non-marital sexual relations. The study is based on public and mass circulation sources and the methodological tools of cultural history and gender studies. As a result of this analysis, the author proposes thinking about the process of change as a discreet revolution. This conceptualization makes it possible to understand the ambiguities of transformations differently by regarding them as dynamics that are inherent in the cultural changes that defined the era.

Palavras-chave : History, 1960s; culture; Argentina; Buenos Aires; sexuality; gender; marriage; family; media.