Contraceptives and the "Revolution" of Sexuality at the end of the 19th century

"Modern" contraceptives:contraceptive pill

The advent of contraceptives marked a real revolution in the context of sexuality, making it actually freer and no longer aimed at procreation alone.

It began at the end of the 19th century with mechanical devices the condom rubber and the diaphragm, to get to the more complex synthetic preparations on a hormonal basis, such as the pill.

The contraceptive pill was patented in the United States of America in 1956.

It arrived in Italy only in 1964 and could only be prescribed for therapeutic purposes, as an article of the Rocco Code prohibited its use as a contraceptive.

To "liberalize" it will have to wait until 1971, the year in which the aforementioned law was definitively repealed.

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