From the archive: falling in love in the permissive society, April 1968

What chance was there for true romance in the swinging 60s?

The Observer Magazine of 28 April 1968 (‘Falling in love’) wondered, ‘In this increasingly permissive and casual society, what are the prospects for the survival of romantic love?’

Robert Shields wrote that romantic love was ‘a state of ecstasy, of romantic sentimentality, which turns the grass greener and the sky bluer, and’ – he’d been going so well up to this point – ‘the plain, plump girl we adore into Venus herself.’

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from Lifestyle | The Guardian https://ift.tt/30MLTHe

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