I think a longer period of prosperity during the Roaring 20s could lead to earlier liberalized attitudes.
Problem is, preventing the Great Depression would likely require a PoD so early as to completely redefine the nature of the 1920's.The 20s is the obvious time for it post 1900. Butterflying away the Wall Street Crash, the Hays Code and WW2 might all be needed to make it stick though.
So no way for the transition period to be shortened? After all, otl saw periods of anti-feminism that might be butterflied away.You need a POD before 1900 I think. Second stage feminism in the 60s didn't just come about because of access to contraception. It needed the first stage of the suffragists. You also need a major change in attitudes to education for women plus full adult suffrage pre WW1.
Yeah, I was thinking how IUDs were being developed around this time; one such pioneering German saw his work suppressed by the Nazis.You need both effective and readily available treatment for venereal disease (specifically gonorrhea and syphilis) and highly reliable (>95+%) birth control that is not "remember to use" (the pill, IUDs, implants) in order to have the "sexual revolution"...
For the first, you could potentially see the science for antibiotics and hormonal pregnancy control or at least IUDs in the 1920s.
If we are focusing on the US, maybe there is a way to get the churches onside.
The rhythm method was formalized in 1930s by the Catholics, maybe have the protestants react to that.
This happened in WWII, before they were pushed out of the workforce again after the war; if the latter hadn't happened (as much), would that, in itself, push up the sexual revolution a decade or so?The sexual 'revolution' of the 60's came about for several reasons, including the vast numbers of women who got jobs outside of the 'traditional' jobs for women such as domestic work.
Definition of terms are open to debate.
I'm not sure I see this.
Meh, you might have a point. But even in the red states, for example, things like opposition to gay marriage or discrimination against lgbt has gone down in the past dozen years or so, not up.It may differ between countries or even regions. From your description you're from LA which is overall probably pretty liberal.
Do you think the same liberal attitude exists in e.g. Houston or "Small town Montana".