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Loose Change During the era of the 1960’s and 70’s, women had a defined position and rarely was it challenged or interrupted. Many women were at ease with the mentality of men being the intellectuals, breadwinners, and voices for them. Others dared to confront this ideal and step up to the plate for women everywhere. The lives of men and women behind closed doors defined the way in which both were looked upon by society. Women’s personal lives and relations were subject to scrutiny by the rest of the world. It was inevitable that there would come a time when they would step forward and take back from society what was private and put out a new ideal of what a woman could and should be. For the three women in Loose Change, the “new woman” that emerged in the 60’s and 70’s meant very different things. Sara, Tasha, and Susie looked at femininity in very different ways. All three of them often surrounded themselves with and defined themselves by men. I do not recall a time when any of them was not involved in some way with a man. During this era of time, that was looked at as the norm. “Free Love” was their battle cry and these women and most all young adults jumped on the train. The one thing that the