Women
Throughout the myriad of cultures on our planet, we find different and sometimes opposing beliefs defining the values of an ideal citizen. Among these beliefs it is difficult to isolate a single set and deem them to be superior to another. The reason for this is that they vary based on cultural tradition, religious beliefs and even the technological advancement of that particular society. Although it is more evident with multicultural belief differences, we find large contrasts within the gap of one generation in a single culture. This phenomena is exemplified in Alice Munro's "Friend of My Youth" with the relationship between the narrator and her mother. The purpose of this paper is to examine the changing beliefs of a society throughout the period of one generation. The topics whose influences provided significant changes within the last generation and which will be discussed in this paper are the following: firstly, the changing role of women and the effects of feminism on our society; secondly, the social repercussions of the religious withdrawal from family life and the secularism of our culture. Finally, the effects that technology and the age of computerization have taken on people's lifestyles will be examined.
Another cause for what seems like a "religious withdrawal" is the astounding increase in technology and computerization. Some people seem to be turning to their computers for salvation and worshipping their hard drives as if they were higher life forms in order to relieve their existential angst. The feminist movement attempted to extinguish the preconception of inferiority that had stereotyped women in the past. This aggressive rejection of anything less then equality became a revolution of womankind and a new approach to life for most females. Munro, Alice. "Friend of My Youth". The Short Story in English. Ed. Neil Besner and David Staines. Toronto: Oxford University Press, 1991. Nietzsche, Friedrich. Beyond Good and Evil. London: Penguin, 1990.
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