2.
The hippy subculture was originally a youth
movement that started in the USA during the
mid-1960s and spread worldwide. The word
'hippy' came from hipster, and was initially
used to describe beatniks who had moved
into New York City's.
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4.
The common stereotype on the issues of love
and sex had it that the hippies were
promiscuous having wild sex orgies, seducing
innocent teenagers and every manner of
sexual perversion. The hippie movement
appeared concurrently in the midst of a rising
Sexual Revolution, in which many views of the
status quo on this subject were being
challenged.
5. This sign was designed in the
1950’s by the British nuclear
disarmament movement and then
became a sign of anti-war sign. It
was then adopted by hippies in the
1960’s as a symbol which signifies
the sub-culture
6.
Many hippies rejected mainstream organized
religion in favour of a more personal spiritual
experience, often drawing on indigenous and
folk beliefs. If they adhered to mainstream
faiths, hippies were likely to embrace
Buddhism, Unitarian Universalism, Hinduism
and the restorationist Christianity of the Jesus
Movement.