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Who We Are as Millennials

2 Pages 608 Words December 2014

For those who were born in 1980s, we use the word "millennials  as a definitive term to describe them, replacing Hulbert's label Gen Nexters. Millennials' uniqueness is their ideas on abortion and gay marriage, which is different from their parents'. According to a study conducted by Pew Research center, there is a distinctiveness of millennials, which was called Gen Nexters at that time.
There are so many traits of Millennials. Firstly, the words they are using varied widely "ranging from ˜lazy' to ˜crazy' to ˜fun'  according to Pew researchers noted. Secondly, from my observation, they don't like to watch Cable TV. The main source that they gather information is Internet. I think could be credit with their age and the development of technology. Reaching their middle age, Millennials have sizeable income. At the some time, they were born in 1980s when the computer became popular. Therefore, they had access of cut-edge technology at that time and always kept their mind open to new stuffs. Moreover, what makes Millennials confuse us most is that they even have different views on specific issues - abortion and gay marriage. Some of the Millennials support both of abortion and gay marriage and regard them as "rights that guarantee privacy and dignity (Hulbert). The others oppose them, holding the opinion that abortion and gay marriage might lead to a licentious social culture. More interestingly, when considering Millennials as a whole, they tend to be more conservative on abortion issue while more acceptable and liberal on gay marriage. Yet the most notable Sui generis is that they paradoxically seem to be realistic and idealistic at the same time. As Hulbert indicates, "Young Americans, it turns out, are unexpectedly conservative on abortion but notably liberal on gay marriage.  Even though they have their opinions on those issues, they still concerning about what is troubling about abortion and gay marriage. That's the re...

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