Challenging Traditional Social Norms: The 1960's

In the 1960s, young people started to challenge traditional social norms through a new form of self expression and opinion. The emergence of new organizations provides a foundation for social change and the realization of new agenda, including freedom of expression and fight for isolation and collapse. Through the 1960s, more than 70,000 people participated in activities in 13 provinces (Anderson 47). In the mid 60 's, many radical organizations competed side by side in search of rights as full American citizens.

In the 1960s the young people began to oppose traditional norms and began anti-cultural and social revolution, reflecting the dramatic changes in people's lives. Not all of these are good and wise, but in my opinion these changes are essential for the development of technology, fashion and lifestyle, they simply do not compensate for harm. One of the most important changes is that young people are beginning to gain money and status. Source A says, "Today's young people have money and young people are increasing their power.The young men and women have been energetically working on the struggle to impose will into the adult world, but until now There is no riches, because of a few pounds, they leave more money than their most elders, and are suppressed by the duty of adults. "

In the UK, social integration is expected to ensure that social norms will continue to exist. In the 1950s, "Teddy Boyz" was painted by the media as a young man who tends to be destroyed by society. This continued until the 1960s, as the media described the conflict between mods and lockers. The overall idea of ​​media coverage is to convince the public that these young people are acting beyond the social norms society wants. Cohen (1972) discovered that a minor battle of mods and lockers in seaside resorts is very sensitive to the media. One title is "Sea Side Town of Wildlife Intrusion - 97 Under Arrest". In fact, only 24 people have been arrested. Mr. Cohen discovered that media coverage increased the work of the police and that it is indeed exacerbating the problem. Recently, there is a moral panic about carnival, football hooligans, girl gang, the threat of terrorism, and the subsequent expansion.

Counter culture was born in the 1960s and opposed American social norms of the 1950s. This movement contradicts US involvement in the Vietnam War. It lasted eight years from 1964 to 1972. American young people can no longer agree on the cultural status of their parents, in particular support for apartheid and Vietnam war. Culture is based on freedom, antiwar, and massive drugs. This is not what the Americans assert. Ironically, soldiers support peace, but they treat civilians as opposed to what they claim.