their minds about contraception, abortion, premarital sex. the 1960s were absolutely a sexual revolution. because of the pill, women could take charge of their own bodies. they could be sexual. they didn t have to get pregnant. everything sort of coalesces. the perfect storm of societal forces come together. here, if you love somebody, and people here love everybody, if you want to make love somebody, then you should. there s no reason why you shouldn t. free love was all well and good, and there was a lot of accidental sex. [ laughter ] but we didn t look at it as hedonism. people were just so open to each other, and life was beautiful, you know, and people weren t judgmental. the mainstream young people were telling their parents, you ve been prohibiting my sexual freedom, and the puritan work ethic is bunk. it was clear the rules were changing. and the rules were really that
their minds about contraception, abortion, premarital sex. the 1960s were absolutely a sexual revolution. because of the pill, women could takeharge of their own bodies. they could be sexual. they didn t have to get pregnant. everything sort of coalesces. the perfect storm of societal forces come together. here, if you love somebody, and people here love everybody, if you want to make love somebody, then you should. there s no reason why you shouldn t. free love was all well and good, and there was a lot of accidental sex. [ laughter ] but we didn t look at it as hedonism. people were just so open to each other, and life was beautiful, you know, and people weren t judgmental. the mainstream young people were telling their parents, you ve been prohibiting my sexual freedom, and the puritan work ethic is bunk. it was clear the rules were changing.
joumana: or arabs, especially from the gulf region. anthony: right, for whom beirut is a relatively liberal wonderland of permissiveness compared to riyadh, for instance. joumana: compared to riyadh, yes, but unfortunately we cannot generalize this and say that beirut is a place where sexual expression is encouraged. anthony: her books are banned in many countries in the region. she s regularly threatened with rape, stoning, and murder. she is joumana haddad, culture editor of lebanon s biggest newspaper, an-nahar. joumana: yesterday i had my first web tv show about sexual freedom, and you cannot imagine how many hell s doors have opened just because i dared say that girls are allowed free sexuality just like boys. and we pretend to be a democracy. joumana: this is kafta. anthony: kafta. joumana: yeah, with yogurt sauce and cranberries, it s yummy. anthony: then the fried kibbeh. joumana: kibbeh.
at its best, the counterculture came in with hard punches to the mainstream culture. people have already changed their minds about contraception, abortion, premarital sex. the 1960s were absolutely a sexual revolution. because of the pill, women could take charge of their own bodies. they could be sexual. they didn t have to get pregnant. everything sort of coalesces. sort of the perfect storm of societal forces come together. here, if you love somebody, and people here love everybody, if you want to make love to somebody then you should. there s no reason why you shouldn t. free love was all well and good, and there was a lot of accidental sex. [ laughter ] but we didn t look at it as hedonism. people were just so open to each other, and life was beautiful, you know, and people weren t judgmental. the mainstream young people were telling their parents, you ve been prohibiting my sexual freedom, and the puritan work ethic is bunk.
the perfect storm of societal forces come together. here, if you love somebody, and people here love everybody, if you want to make love somebody, then you should. there s no reason why you shouldn t. free love was all well and good, and there was a lot of accidental sex. [ laughter ] but we didn t look at it as hedonism. people were just so open to each other, and life was beautiful, you know, and people weren t judgmental. the mainstream young people were telling their parents, you ve been prohibiting my sexual freedom, and the puritan work ethic is bunk. it was clear the rules were changing. and the rules were really that there were no rules.