Women In The 1950's

A lot of women on the 1950s wanted their freedom to practice their sexual activities. Some were restraining from doing that because women were supposed to be conservative. Women were only to become wives and have children, that was the norms. However, some married women went against this normal activity. Even though they were not allowed to be with other women, some still find a way to be with their lovers. It seems like male lovers were always enhance more than females. Somehow, women still find a way to be as sexually as men, “John Howard’s study of men who engage in homosexual sex in Mississippi described how men and boys found lovers and had sex with them in homes, schools, churches, and workplaces. According to Howard, male-male desired

we well-enmeshed in the pattern of everyday life. Married women were thus not alone in engaging in homosexual affairs in seemingly straight community space (Gutterman 4). Men had more freedom than women. Even Married man were allowed to be more flexible with their sexuality than women. Married women who was even more tied down still find a way to do the same thing. Gutterman writes, “Still it is imperative that we recognize how wives, in particular, have consistently used the household and its environs to pursue lesbian desires, for these women have been largely absent from the history of homosexuality” (4). Married women were always absent in everything, however, it does not mean that they were not part of the movement. Married women played a huge part in the Lesbian and Gay community. Gutterman writes, “Married women not only tried to find female lovers remotely, but also pursued romantic relationships with women they met during the course of their daily lives” (7). A lot of people did not realize that, but Married women were practicing their sexuality, even though it was not the normal thing to do. More wives in the 1960s and 1970s began to open up to their husband about their sexuality (Gutterman 14). Some husband was okay with the idea, but some were not. For example, Rosa who was married for ten years was miserable because of her sexual orientation, however, after she told her husband about having affaird with other women her marriage got better (Gutterman 14). With the Daughters of Bilitis who were the first lesbian organization, these stories made them very popular. A lot of people were more open to the idea.