Generation gap

“A chasm, amorphously situated in time and space, that separates those who have grown up absurd from those who will, with luck, grow up absurd” (Generation Gap)
-Bernard Rosenberg

More often than not, we are faced with varied, conflicting opinions whilst in conversation with someone older or younger to us. Having different opinions and ideas do not suggest that one of them is right and the other wrong. It does, however, suggest that age difference creates a drift in thinking which in turn creates a change in actions in one generation which may or may not be acceptable to other generations. This drift is what we term as the generation gap.

Generation Gap:

The definition of generation gap goes like, “A generation gap or generational gap, is a difference of opinion between one generation and another regarding beliefs, politics, or values. In today’s usage, ‘generation gap’ often refers to a perceived gap between younger people and their parents or grandparents.”

Generation Gap:
The origin of the term ‘Generation Gap’ is said to be around the 1960s when the renowned sociologist Karl Mannheim observed various kinds of differences among generations and how the generations differed from one another on a number of fronts. The younger generation had queries; they questioned the ways of the world and went against a lot of things that their parents firmly believed in. From religious beliefs to political ideologies to their dressing sense to the kind of music they listen to, the movies they prefer watching to their socio-economic opinions and stances, moral values and even their relationship type, generation gap has led to several changes in the society. And this change is ever expanding.