During the 1970’s, feminism had a massive influence on the politics and general life. It was a major political movement and was starting to become almost a fashion for a lot of the women of that time, this was backed by the uprising of 'Punk', a prolific sound of anti-establishment and a three chord rebellion led by the 'voice of the people'. Comprehensive schools we're a relatively new idea and we're just coming onto the scene although they really weren't that good and we're renowned as almost meat factory's to push through students as quickly as possible without any real tutoring or guidance. When Gotcha was written Callaghan was the prime minister, from what I can see, he wasn't the best. It seemed to be quite a hard going time money wise, with the Pay rise's being cut to under 5% and the 'Winter of discontent' looming on their doorsteps, it was a struggle to live a reasonable life during the late 70's. Overall, the late 70's were a poor time of frustration and anger and general rebellion among the masses, represented through all forms of media, music, art and dramatic theatre.
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