This is an issue where mass media could make us think from a rational perspective at things. There are attitudes and behaviors which are considered to be rude and impolite within a specific cultural group.
However, after getting introduced to the hyper fast communication technology around the world in the late 20th century, our perspectives are changing rapidly. What was defined as an inappropriate behavior is not bad for the people of our next generation.
It’s a fact that every generation of human beings have different believes than the previous one. This fact could be still used on our generation in comparison to the previous and the next generation with one difference. The difference between our generation and the previous one is very significant. The reason is that we are under constant influence of various believes from various social groups around the globe.
At this point, we become uncertain of some of our cultural behaviors. We look at others attitudes and compare them with ours. We ask ourselves: “Am I wrong or I’m doing it the right way and they are wrong?” This is the time when we prefer to look at the issue by consulting our brain. We just leave aside our and other’s cultural roles and try to find a RATIONAL SOLUTION.
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Even though it is true that there are attitudes and behaviors which are considered to be rude and impolite within a specific cultural group, I disagree with you on what is defined inappropriate behavior is not bad for the people of our generation, as ethics and morals are/ can be still the same depending on an individuals culture, religion and background, not on what generation they are in.
I believe that this generation is more conservative than our parent’s one. For example, the famous Arabic (Egyptian) soap operas have as much sex scenes as the modern day European or American soap operas, so I don’t feel that there is a difference. On the other hand, I believe that today’s society has become more conservative because of the media and the increase of its influence and impact as a result. Our mothers, aunts, grandmothers in our age were able to reveal much more skin than many of us these days, as it was seen differently in the eyes of the media. Yet the media was one of the factors that changed this action.
We cannot talk about cultural behaviors as a common thing, as there are more than one culture, and they were the same as last generation and the next. So when we compare, it should be based on the person’s generation. We do compare ourselves and the media is one of the factors that influence our comparison and change, but it depends on our culture, religion, tradition and background to show how we become.
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