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Originally Posted by blazey
I think education has clearly taken a step back at some point 
I actually think there is more respect but less tradition. Take my example from yesterday, when leaving a shop I now automatically step back for gentlemen to let them pass through doorways first. This isn't really how things are traditionally, the male would normally open the door for the female. Now I think the genders have equal respect for each other which is really nice. The fact that that goes against tradition doesn't matter, because a lot of tradition doesn't involve that sort of equal footing but more emphasis on gender roles.
I think most teenagers in society are extremely respectful of the elderly and would always open a door or whatever for them, same goes for helping women with prams or people in wheelchairs and anything else which may impair the ability to do things with ease.
In regards to families, yes the traditional family has changed because it isn't just the nuclear family which is accepted in society these days. Within the family unit I think less emphasis is on love and affection because there is so much pressure on the adults of the family to work and provide education and food and such for their families. The elderly members of the family don't often live within the family unit but in their own homes or in care homes now, most likely because the male and the female of a family unit generally go out to work now, not just the male, so there would be nobody there to care for them and such.
I don't think there is anything particularly wrong in respect to manners these days. Even the typical chav would not stand and watch somebody struggle and would say please and thank you and all the rest of it. |
Sorry, but I do disagree with above highlighted. Many a time i have been in town, had people pushing past me, sqeezing through, tutting sighing and making comments and many (not just teenagers though!!) just stand back and watch as i struggle trying to manouver a twin pram through a doorway whilst holding the door open myself and grumble because they have no choice but to wait