Since the beginning of the sexual liberation movement in the Western world, which coincided with second-wave feminism and the women's liberation movement initiated in the early 1960s, [ 60 ] [ 61 ] new religious movements and alternative spiritualities such as Modern Paganism and the New Age began to grow and spread across the globe alongside their intersection with the sexual liberation movement and the counterculture of the 1960s , [ 60 ] [ 61 ] and exhibited characteristic features, such as the embrace of alternative lifestyles , unconventional dress, rejection of Abrahamic religions and their conservative social mores , use of cannabis and other recreational drugs , relaxed attitude, sarcastic humble or self-imposed poverty, and laissez-faire sexual behavior . [ 60 ] [ 61 ] The sexual liberation movement was aided by feminist ideologues in their mutual struggle to challenge traditional ideas regarding female sexuality , male sexuality , and queer sexuality. [ 61 ] Elimination of undue favorable bias towards men and objectification of women, as well as support for women's right to choose their sexual partners free of outside interference or societal judgment, were three of the main goals associated with sexual liberation from the feminist perspective. [ 61 ] Since during the early stages of feminism, women's liberation was often equated with sexual liberation rather than associated with it. Many feminist thinkers believed that assertion of the primacy of sexuality would be a major step towards the ultimate goal of women's liberation, thus women were urged to initiate sexual advances, enjoy sex and experiment with new forms of sexuality. [ 62 ]