”I can’t believe that 50 years ago, in 2005, …”

• marriage was seen as the peak of happiness (Pamela, Finland)
• men and women weren’t paid the same for the same jobs (Anita, Australia)
• there were beauty contests (Pia, Finland)
• girls subjected to rape had to pay for the doctor check-up required as a witness (Becky, USA)
• homosexuals couldn’t get married (Elisabeth, USA)
• homosexuals couldn’t adopt children (Evi, Finland)
• women in fertile age couldn’t get safe employment (Lotta, Finland)
• the woman’s work place had to pay the whole maternity leave (Heidi, Finland)
• there were racists (Patrick, Portugal)
• people concentrated on traditional relationships (Kathrin, Germany)
• men had to keep working even though they’d just gotten a child at home with the mother (Mia, teacher, Finland)
• people got married (Klas, Finland)
• it was so hard to get married before the registrar on a weekend (Katariina, Finland)
• people used to gather physically in order to meet (Aki, agnostic, Espoo, Finland)
• the role of women was to be attractive (Maya, Basque country)
• incest was illegal (Anja, Austria)
• sex between old people was taboo (Anja, Austria)
• people had social contacts (Paul, 15, Finland)
• society required hetero normative twosomeness (Jenny, feminist, Finland)
• there were concepts like homo-, bi- and heterosexuality (Otto, 14, Finland)
• the issue of women priests was still discussed (Andrea, Finland)