“Generation gap” is a popular term used to describe wide differences in cultural norms between members of a younger generation and their elders. This can be defined as occurring when older and younger people do not understand each other because of their different experiences, opinions, habits and behavior. The term first came into prominence in Western countries during the 1960’s,and described the cultural differences between the Baby Boomers and their parents. During what was known as the “RoaringTwenties”, a large generation gap occurred because the older generation, having just fought in the war, found it inappropriate that younger people were out at dancehalls and listening to jazz music.
The 1960’s saw several examples of generational differences; for instance, rock music and soul music, popular among youth, were mostly detested by their elders. Parents frequently viewed long hair on young males as a shocking act of rebellion against societalnorms. Large-scale protests against the Vietnam War on American college campuses contrasted sharply with earlier almostuniversal national support for World War II.
In the 1980’s, and even more so the 1990’s, many have made note of a widening fissure between Baby Boomers and Generation X. Members of Generation X accused Baby Boomers of having "sold out" their 1960’s-era ideals, whereas Baby Boomersadvocated a moral crackdown on the latter's wild, undisciplined behavior.
(Adaptado de http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Generation_gap)
Vocabulary:
Baby Boomers: people born in the postwar years, especially between 1945 and 1955.
Roaring Twenties: the 1920’s, thought of as being a time of exuberance, hedonism and prosperity.
Generation X: the generation following the Baby Boomers (especially Americans and Canadians born between 1960’s and 1970’s).
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