Generation Gap?

[JBVirtuoso]

<p>I came across this news article, and I thought it was interesting.</p>

<p>[The</a> Associated Press: Study finds widening generation gap in US](<a href=“http://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/article/ALeqM5jd2irT0pUOcOKK6X-Gx02q4KIR7QD99474JO0]The”>http://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/article/ALeqM5jd2irT0pUOcOKK6X-Gx02q4KIR7QD99474JO0)</p>

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A new study released Monday by the Pew Research Center found Americans of different ages increasingly at odds over a range of social and technological issues. It also highlights a widening age divide after last November’s election, when 18- to 29-year-olds voted for Democrat Barack Obama by a 2-to-1 ratio.</p>

<p>Almost eight in 10 people believe there is a major difference in the point of view of younger people and older people today, according to the independent public opinion research group. That is the highest spread since 1969, when about 74 percent reported major differences in an era of generational conflicts over the Vietnam War and civil and women’s rights. In contrast, just 60 percent in 1979 saw a generation gap.</p>

<p>Asked to identify where older and younger people differ most, 47 percent said social values and morality. People age 18 to 29 were more likely to report disagreements over lifestyle, views on family, relationships and dating, while older people cited differences in a sense of entitlement. Those in the middle-age groups also often pointed to a difference in manners.

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<p>What do you all think? Is the cultural gap between young people and their elders widening?</p>

[Marian]

<p>From what the article says, it seems that the generation gap is between people 65 and older and those significantly younger, rather than between the young and middle-aged, as was the case in the 1960s.</p>

<p>And that actually rings true to me. If you divide everyone age 18 and over into three groups, I think you would find greater differences between the oldest group and the middle and youngest groups, rather than between the youngest group and the other two.</p>

[JBVirtuoso]

<p>That seems logical. After all, the middle-aged group now were the youth of the 1960s and 1970s. Apparently they haven’t resolved their generation gap in the past three decades.</p>