To Room Nineteen | Compare and Contrast
Early 1960s: In 1960, in a landmark obscenity trial Regina v. Penguin Books Limited, the court determines that D. H. Lawrence’s long-banned novel Lady Chatterley’s Lover is not obscene.
Today: Reflecting the relaxed sexual mores of the twenty-first century, explicit sexual acts can be viewed on cable television as well as on the Internet. However, the Bush administration has increased funding in the annual federal budget for trying obscenity cases.
Early 1960s: In 1963, Soviet cosmonaut Valentina Tershkova becomes the first woman in...
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