Sexualität und Beziehungen bei den »68ern«

The »68ers« declared sexuality and the shaping of relationships a political issue. The motto »no more two-person relationships« was derived from Marxist and psychoanalytic theories - monogamous marriage identified as a place of sexual suppression and deformation. For the first time, the copious experiences, as remembered today by some contemporary witnesses with regards to the realization and treatment of polygamous, liberated sexuality and relationship design, are at the center of the interview study by Karla Verlinden. The interviews show that the life of »free love« was accompanied by tensions that oscillate between normative pressure, individual needs, and gender ascriptions.

Karla Verlinden (Dr. phil.), Kinder- und Jugendpsychotherapeutin sowie Erziehungswissenschaftlerin, lehrt und forscht an der Universität zu Köln. Ihre Arbeitsschwerpunkte sind Sexualität, Gender Studies sowie Diagnostik, Therapie und Förderung von Kindern und Jugendlichen.