A conversation with family really led me to thinking about the differences withing age groups and varying generations and how cultures and viewpoints have evolved.
After debating with a family member about the women of today he said that we couldn't agree on the issue because people growing up today are too accepting of alternative lifestyles to the point that we can't even realize how things have changed so drastically. Now this was said to me in a negative tone implying that the liberal media and law have led to a generation displaced from traditional values.
I didn't want to debate any longer on what should and shouldn't be expected or accepted in our society, but this conversation did make me think. Are the Baby Boom generation and Generation X that different from the younger generations?
Obviously some things have changed, new laws have been passed and some people are more accepting of different lifestyles. I would also argue that being different may be more accepted today, but people have always been different whether just in private or out in the open. It frustrates me that some people blame the younger generations for things that they find to be less traditional. There are always fades that take over each generation, but it takes more than a few to change the values of society and with that said why does change have to be bad? The world is ever evolving shouldn't we be evolving with it?
--Krystal
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