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Generation Alpha– The most capitalistic minds of all the past generations. Gen Alpha are the most materially endowed generation ever, the most technologically savvy generation ever and they will enjoy a longer lifespan than any previous generation. They are the ones born from 2010-2024. The most vital of all generations who call actually live enough to see the impact of Artificial Intelligence and robots in the world. However, does that actually resolve the bigger problem of being fixated in a society of males nurturing the femininity within themselves and similarly females nurturing the masculinity within them.
The age old times and the contemporary life that’s prevalent in modern times today have one mere thing in common. The quest of a man to protect his family and that of a woman to hold the family together. This pretext was followed since consequential times when both the genders predominantly diversified enormous difficulties with their roles in the society.
However modern times have had the more electrified idea of feminism where women have come up to demand an equal place in the society as their male counterparts. The underlying fact is that today’s generation is upholding the greatest reckless unsolved battle of all times. The battle of **MEN VS WOMEN**.
But is it relevant in today’s world? Are women and men interchanging their roles to fit in the generation today? And if yes, then is it a good or a bad sign for the future?
I’d say like every action this also has both good and bad consequences.
The good part is both the genders will divide the roles equally which will further down the pressure on one gender for responsibilities. However the bad part is they will eventually forget their gender framed roles in the society.
Generation Alpha is also suffering a highly toxic social media shaming where men coming out as Gays and women opening up as Lesbians are trolled, abused and bullied online remorselessly so as to even cause the victims to self-harm or suicide. While technology is a part and parcel of everyone’s life even in remote areas today and everyone have access to the world of anonymity, isn’t it important or absolutely essential for people on the other side of the electronic device to be more cautious and sane in dealing with Generation Alpha or will Elon Musk take this responsibility and create an app which will expose the identity of individuals who bully or troll everyone online? And in the future will parents be able to give a life outside of the social media circus to the kids? Will life be the same ever how it was for Millennials and a few lucky Gen Z’s? That will itself remain a big question unanswered for the future set of parents.
And lastly, living in a world out of technology will be nothing but a melancholy of dreams for the Generation Alpha and the generation to come further. Nevertheless, hoping for a better future for the generations to come is all that we can wish for.
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