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| | Generation X - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia |
 | | Generation X has survived a hurried childhood of divorce, latchkeys, space shuttle explosions, open classrooms, widespread political corruption, inflation and recession, post-Vietnam national malaise, environmental disaster, the Islamic Revolution (in Iran), devil-child movies, and a shift from "G" to "R" ratings (which had little effect outside the United States). |
 | | The aspects that bind Generation X across economic levels and cultures are the defining points of the 1970s: the Bretton Woods system and its subsequent failure, the impact of the contraceptive pill on social-interactional dynamics, and the oil shock of 1973. |
 | | The media introduced Generation X as a group of flannel-wearing, alienated, overeducated, underachieving slackers with body piercing, who drank franchise-store coffee and had to work at McJobs, concepts that had some truth to them but were in many cases stereotypes. |
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