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  1. May 29, 2018 · May 1968 ushered in both the women's movement and the sexual revolution in France. Workers got higher salaries, better working conditions and stronger unions in response to their protest...

    • Eleanor Beardsley
  2. Jan 5, 2013 · How, then, do we explain the events of May 1968 in France, for example, and the powerful effect they had? Different analysts have interpreted the May movement variously as a “new social conflict” (Touraine), a “generational revolt” (Morin), an “institutional crisis” (Crozier), and a “critical moment” in the development of ...

    • Ingrid Gilcher-Holtey
    • 1998
  3. emergence of the women's movement in France was a sequel to the revolutionary euphoria of May 1968. For those few brief weeks the. routine of everyday life came to a sudden stop; all the elaborate French codes of hierarchy and distance broke down in exuberant chaos.

  4. May 5, 2018 · Both the women’s liberation movement and the gay rights movement in France grew out of the 1968 upheaval and the intellectual ferment of the time.

  5. Apr 20, 2018 · For women, 1968 was a "moment of clarity", asserting their right to decide what kind of relationships they wanted and speaking out against the patriarchy, said sociologist Julie Pagis.

  6. May 30, 2018 · The scrutiny of immediate everyday life experience—with questions ranging from gender segregation in schools and catcalling on the streets to the social stigma around birth control and discrimination in the workplace—formed a new foundation for original social critique.

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  8. May 7, 2018 · Men monopolized the spotlight of the May ’68 uprising in France, but women played a role, too. And the protests changed their lives.

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