Hippies are often associated with free love, which is true only partially. It’s true that people of this subculture didn’t share the conservative ideas and lifestyles of their parents. But the emancipation of morals took place at a time when they were already appearing and the attitude toward intimacy was changing throughout society. That’s why the representatives of various social groups, including hippies, started to investigate the things that used to be banned before.

Despite this, traditional monogamous relationships were quite frequent in the hippie environment. According to the memories of one hippie, nudity was actually rare. They had some experiments at parties, but the next morning, the participants would face unpleasant emotional consequences.

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