The Counter-Culture Movement
The counter-culture movement
The 1960’s hippie counter culture movement involved a variety of social concerns and beliefs. The youth were frustrated due to racism, gender issues and began to question the traditions and culture values. This is how the hippies’ primary belief was that ‘life was about being happy and not about what others thought you should be’ attitude came in. Their attitudes neither include little thought nor concern for the consequences of their actions. The youth were dissatisfied with what their parents had built for them. The youth and hippies more or less rejected established institutions since they believed that dominant culture was corrupt and flawed and some sought to replace it with a Utopian society. Along with that, they rejected middle class values, opposed nuclear weapons and the Vietnam War.
The youth of the counterculture believed in free love and sexual liberation, particularly for women. They combined many ethics of the time: peace, love, harmony and music. Meditation, yoga and psychedelic drugs were used to widen one’s consciousness and spirit as they embraced finding new meaning in life. The counter culture youth originated on psychedelic rock and embraced the sexual liberation. Drugs such as marijuana and LSD were tightly integrated with their culture for them to explore states of consciousness.
The counter culture movement divided the country in two. To some, the actions from hippies’ reflected on America’s ideal of free speech, equality, world peace and the pursuit of happiness. However, to others, it was the complete opposite. The movement reflected as rebellious, pointless and has turned mindlessness and violent. The youths fashions would become more bizarre as they men grew their hair and beards long while the women wore little to no makeup and often were braless.
There were many factors during the 1960’s that made an impact to popular culture. Music, fashion and psychedelic drugs, art and rock music were certainly
The 1960’s hippie counter culture movement involved a variety of social concerns and beliefs. The youth were frustrated due to racism, gender issues and began to question the traditions and culture values. This is how the hippies’ primary belief was that ‘life was about being happy and not about what others thought you should be’ attitude came in. Their attitudes neither include little thought nor concern for the consequences of their actions. The youth were dissatisfied with what their parents had built for them. The youth and hippies more or less rejected established institutions since they believed that dominant culture was corrupt and flawed and some sought to replace it with a Utopian society. Along with that, they rejected middle class values, opposed nuclear weapons and the Vietnam War.
The youth of the counterculture believed in free love and sexual liberation, particularly for women. They combined many ethics of the time: peace, love, harmony and music. Meditation, yoga and psychedelic drugs were used to widen one’s consciousness and spirit as they embraced finding new meaning in life. The counter culture youth originated on psychedelic rock and embraced the sexual liberation. Drugs such as marijuana and LSD were tightly integrated with their culture for them to explore states of consciousness.
The counter culture movement divided the country in two. To some, the actions from hippies’ reflected on America’s ideal of free speech, equality, world peace and the pursuit of happiness. However, to others, it was the complete opposite. The movement reflected as rebellious, pointless and has turned mindlessness and violent. The youths fashions would become more bizarre as they men grew their hair and beards long while the women wore little to no makeup and often were braless.
There were many factors during the 1960’s that made an impact to popular culture. Music, fashion and psychedelic drugs, art and rock music were certainly