Today in class, we began discussing how life changed after WWII, and in particular, after the Korean War
American society after the Korean War began to become more of a consumer society, which means that more goods were bought and produced in stores and factories. This helped give way to many new fashions, such as having a television in every home. The television dramatically changed home and work life, since many people wanted to be home to see their favorite television show.
Another big change was that rock and roll began to take hold in the younger generations at this time, and more suggestive and sexual materials were being published, such as playboy magazine. Many older Americans began to worry about the younger generation for listening to rock, and even accused the singers of being the devil's advocates, but as time passed, rock slowly infused itself into the society.
Homes were even affected at this time. People began to create suburbs, less densely populated areas where houses rather than apartments were constructed. These houses generally were nearly identical, and the home life helped give way to a baby boom at this time.
I think it is interesting that in the 1950's, older people did not like the youth listening to rock and roll. I think that today we see this in hip hop, with kids singing along to artists like Fetty Wap.
ReplyDeleteI think it's interesting to notice the cause and effect of such a high marriageability percentage leading to the "baby boom". When more people are in love it leads to more babies being born which ultimately affects the country's population as a whole during that time.
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