But I don't think the media would be bought if the culture didn't lead somewhat. Sure, you were in a more conservative subculture, and I was also--if less so (and in the '80s and '90s). But the overarching macro-societal level is different. Ir has *never* turned on a dime like it did in the 1960s in history. The cause has to be unprecedented and to point to unprecedented inventions as a cause is a good idea. Television probably was able to push things along. However, the birth control pill is an unprecedented invention that cuts to the heart of society. That is the big-mover caliber necessary to change things fast.
You are absolutely right. The pill, and then the IUD made a safe means of being promiscuous without paying the penalty of being an unwed mother or having a shotgun marriage. With the introduction of the pill and other means of birth control, came an anything goes society of young people and it wasn't until HIV that some people started being more selective. The courts however had an enormous effect on the society of the sixties and seventies with the most liberal judges ever seen. It truly is such a shame that America lost her way and I believe we as a people will have to apologize to G_d for this time, we make Sodom and Gomorrah look like a birthday party!