While 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 ('l

While 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.