> > I would guess that it has more to do with authoritarian attitudes
> > about gender and family structure being more prevalent when they were
> > growing up
>
> Yeah. That was my impression too. It was as if I was looking into the
> the 19thC and seeing what my grandparents (born ca. 1870-80s) were like.
This Be The Verse
They fuck you up, your mum and dad.
They may not mean to, but they do. They fill you with the faults they had
And add some extra, just for you.
But they were fucked up in their turn
By fools in old-style hats and coats, Who half the time were soppy-stern
And half at one another's throats.
Man hands on misery to man.
It deepens like a coastal shelf. Get out as early as you can,
And don't have any kids yourself.
Philip Larkin