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1967

To illustrate that “the old taboos are dead or dying,” the magazine chose a nude image of Jane Fonda on the set of Roger Vadim’s raunchy sci-fi comedy Barbarella—already notorious months before its release. Some psychologists and “social thinkers” feared explicit lyrics in songs and “often obscene language” in novels and plays would bring about “a dangerous swing toward irresponsible hedonism and, ultimately, social decay.” If only they could see internet porn today.