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Conformist in what way? Are you living in the 1950s? Our media and culture certainly does not preach this kind of behavior, but rather the opposite: if you are
by lumberjack 9y ago
Conformist in what way? Are you living in the 1950s? Our media and culture certainly does not preach this kind of behavior, but rather the opposite: if you are virgin by 20, don't drink and don't do drugs, you are a loser.
- coldtea 9y agoNot really. If you compared the culture today with the 60s or 70s, it's not even close.
- BjoernKW 9y agoWhile society in general today is far more liberal than it used to be in 1950s it has also become more conservative again in some ways since the early 2000s ('liberal' and 'conservative' used in terms of society in general rather than as political labels). Apart from that both perceptions can be right: That society expects people to behave by certain standards yet at the same time by a certain age people are expected to somehow magically have made some experiences that contravene these very standards. Such an environment and the cognitive dissonance involved probably doesn't exactly make it easier to make the right decisions for yourself.