Repeating the Beauty Myth

Repeating the Beauty Myth.

Recently, I've talked about whether it would be better for a women to be living now or say fifty years ago. I pretty much summed up my opinion (although not based on any actual experience) that life for a women would be better today. While I thought the choice was reasonably clear, it did get me thinking about a similar issue. Will life as a women be better now, or in around fifty years time? 

            The first thing that I am reminded about when I asked myself this question is the subject of teenage morals. Multiple times, I have heard that, kids who are much younger than me already have a fairly bad reputation regarding lack of morals. I know for a fact that, many people in my age group agree that, these kids are far worse than we ever were. Possibly also than we are now. Three or four years may not sound like a lot but, when it comes to teenage children, it can make quiet a massive difference. The fact that, these kids are doing the same kind of things that my age group is doing is very significant. We certainty weren't doing that sort of thing when we were entering our teenage years, or at least not to this degree. This means that over the last three or four years, the general idea of what is and what isn't socially acceptable for a single age range to be doing, has been powerfully changed. 

            Is this a one time occurrence, or is this a continuous change of social norms? Is this the work of one single generation, or is everyone to blame for this? In three or four years will they be saying the same thing about the kids four years younger than them? This could be one time thing or the first of many changes in social norms.

         Why is this related to my original question? Because if this isn't a one time thing, than the answer to my question will undoubtedly be that life for a women will get worse for women. If morals continue be reduced throughout the year groups, then all sexual objectifying that women experience today will only get worse. All the advertisements than show women as objects for a profit will continue. The vast majority of problems women face today stem from a lack of morals. If this trend of teenagers continue, and morals become harder and harder to find, then women (especially teenage girls) will never see an improvement.