A major way that my sense of the world has updated in the past year:
I learned / realized that "class" is a thing. Lots of stuff that I thought was normal, or was the normal background assumption, are basically only normal for the middle class context in which I grew up.
I learned / realized that "class" is a thing. Lots of stuff that I thought was normal, or was the normal background assumption, are basically only normal for the middle class context in which I grew up.
Examples:
[Interestingly, it seems hard to come up with specific examples]
- Generic liberalism in the sense of being in favor of eg Gay marriage
- "School is important"
[Interestingly, it seems hard to come up with specific examples]
- Generic liberalism in the sense of being in favor of eg Gay marriage
- "School is important"
- "Going to college and getting a job" (I opted out of this one, but it still felt like opting out of the default.)
- "The cops are there to help you"
- "The cops are there to help you"
- When you click "I agree" on a long terms-of-service contract that you didn't read, it'll be fine, because obviously the company would be in big trouble if it regularly screwed people over.
- (I would guess) something about sexual propriety?
- Maybe the trope of teenage romance?
- (I would guess) something about sexual propriety?
- Maybe the trope of teenage romance?
- Conspiracy theories aren't credible, and are cringe.
I bet there's more that I haven't gotten a handle on yet.
I bet there's more that I haven't gotten a handle on yet.
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Is the respect for virginity, as in "waiting until you're ready", a middle class thing?
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