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http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/20467347/
Instead of the typical idea that a man who is against gay marriage, 62, married to a woman, and suspected of seeking sexual encounters with men is a hypocrite, I say it's sour grapes. The point I am making has little to do with politics, although Larry Craig is a Senator.
It seems to me that repression of sexuality in cohorts of that age group is less about not being able to practice what they preach and more about "if I had to deny myself, then the younger generations should have to do it too."
It's a common mindset in the Silent Generation and it applies to much more than the law's definition of marriage, or sexual repression. This generation had values far different from the "I'm ok, you're ok" ideals of today.
Is it right or wrong? For them, "being the better man" meant sucking it up and sacrificing personal desires for the good of the community which was usually the extended family. Today "being the better man" means open-mindedness and an accepting the desires of other individuals in the interests building a community which is made up of vastly different family groups in close quarters. Right and wrong doesn't apply in my opinion...but then I'm from the second mindset. I think it's far easier for us to live and let live than it is for them.
Why do later generations scratch their heads and wonder why this attitude doesn't change regarding one aspect of life, while we give advice about how to imitate other aspects of their values for financial gain?
http://money.cnn.com/2004/01/27/pf/saving/savingsecrets/index.htm
If we're supposed to be so accepting and open-minded, what is our problem with their rigidity? Is it that we don't generally stick to our guns as much as they do and so the doors in our minds close when we are faced with their convictions? Is it that we don't understand why they have these values in the first place? And are they really so different from Generation X? Both groups dealt with backlash from the selfishness of their parents' generations.
http://www.associatedcontent.com/article/121536/the_best_generation_the_youth_of_the.html
http://www.jour.unr.edu/outpost/specials/genx.overvw1.html
Oddly, an Aussie commenting on a Ron Howard flick puts it far better than I could.
http://father-bob.blogspot.com/2005/10/values-of-depression-era.html
Instead of the typical idea that a man who is against gay marriage, 62, married to a woman, and suspected of seeking sexual encounters with men is a hypocrite, I say it's sour grapes. The point I am making has little to do with politics, although Larry Craig is a Senator.
It seems to me that repression of sexuality in cohorts of that age group is less about not being able to practice what they preach and more about "if I had to deny myself, then the younger generations should have to do it too."
It's a common mindset in the Silent Generation and it applies to much more than the law's definition of marriage, or sexual repression. This generation had values far different from the "I'm ok, you're ok" ideals of today.
Is it right or wrong? For them, "being the better man" meant sucking it up and sacrificing personal desires for the good of the community which was usually the extended family. Today "being the better man" means open-mindedness and an accepting the desires of other individuals in the interests building a community which is made up of vastly different family groups in close quarters. Right and wrong doesn't apply in my opinion...but then I'm from the second mindset. I think it's far easier for us to live and let live than it is for them.
Why do later generations scratch their heads and wonder why this attitude doesn't change regarding one aspect of life, while we give advice about how to imitate other aspects of their values for financial gain?
http://money.cnn.com/2004/01/27/pf/saving/savingsecrets/index.htm
If we're supposed to be so accepting and open-minded, what is our problem with their rigidity? Is it that we don't generally stick to our guns as much as they do and so the doors in our minds close when we are faced with their convictions? Is it that we don't understand why they have these values in the first place? And are they really so different from Generation X? Both groups dealt with backlash from the selfishness of their parents' generations.
http://www.associatedcontent.com/article/121536/the_best_generation_the_youth_of_the.html
http://www.jour.unr.edu/outpost/specials/genx.overvw1.html
Oddly, an Aussie commenting on a Ron Howard flick puts it far better than I could.
http://father-bob.blogspot.com/2005/10/values-of-depression-era.html