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write a Short easy on woodstock stating what it was about and how it influence sexual transformation? with references.
Answer- The Woodstock Music and Art Fair was a music festival which took place in 1969 in the United States. Over a half million of people came to perform and participate in this music festival. Woodstock is considered as one of the greatest festival in music history. It was organized at 600 acre dairy farm located in Bethal town. A documentary movie was also directed on the Woodstock event. The festival was organized through the mutual efforts of Michael Lang, Artie Kornfeld, Joel Rosenman and John.P. Roberts.
During Woodstock festival, there was freedom of personal expressions, a relaxed attitude towards sex and drugs. Freedom of sex was on its peak in Woodstock festival and it was a major part of it. The free love occurences at Woodstock can be clearly viewed in the documentary made on the music festival. America had never seen Hippies in this form of free love and nudity. These circumstances changed people's thinking and gave encouragement to free love and homosexuality. The movie Woodstock did not show any homosexuality but made it clear that the hip culture which attended the festival was accepting this life style. The hippie culture influenced the sexual transformation and changed the definitions of love and relationships during the Woodstock music and art festival.