Survival By Instinct

The political and social changes of the 1960's and 1970's were huge for the families of the Vietnam Veteran. Women, especially the wives of these soldiers were on the brink of immense confusion in accepted roles. There was little pertinent direction offered. The previous generation of women, those of the WWII experience did not know how to help their daughters proceed. At the same time the "hippie Movement" advocated for peace and anti-war. Though the transformation brought long hair, sexual freedom and wide scale drug use was rejected by the majority of American society, the anti-war sentiment carried great weight across our country. This caused great protest against this war and put extraordinary burden on both the veteran and his family. The evolvement of social norms saw the women of this era surviving by instinct.