Self -Esteem evolution & Narcissism
To generation Y those born between 1982 and 2001”, called millenials new sites ,tweeter,Facebook,my space and the blogs are sites for social networking and communication, places where not only pictures can be posted but where they can express their opinions from music to political.
The amount of usage is increasing taking over one third to the use of social networking.
Baby boomers generation X(born between 1946 and 1960 ) are signing for those sites ,this is ultimately eroding real relationships and social as well as texting, imaging and have replaced cards and contacts, letters and phone calls.
This technology is obviously interfering the normal development as we know it. It tends to create a prolonged “normal narcissism of adolescence” and prevents the establishment of normal relationships. Critical lessons about emotional sensitivity to others are being creating alternative solipsistic realities where they were the focus of the attention like Avatar games readily available in games such as Wii.Those who do not agree are simply excluded from this circle.
This type of narcissism leads as we see to an increase of aggressiveness and violence already present in mostly all games available at all stores. Is aggression can be displaced to others innocent third parties. In my space more than half of the teen’s profiles exhibit this aggressiveness. This progresses in desensitization and acting out of these behaviors.
Web pages tend to be full of photographs and writings expressing the opinion of the individuals in some cases as exhibitionism at extreme. It pertains to a gnerations screaming for attention and recognition, the reward for “bad behaviors are attention and recognition.
A new class of “Generation Me” has been created consisting in those from 1982 thru 2006.
Following WWII with the growth of capitalism a focus on immediate gratification and consumerism with improved social status was begun form of Narcissism mindset. The permissiveness of society broke one barrier after another. (The super ego internalized the societal mores and restrictions.
The citizens of industrialized nations less preoccupied that those of the third world were repositioning Maslow’s hierarchy of needs with arrogance and grand curiosity once reserved only for royalty or the extreme wealthy .A pathological Narcissism in the US that praised individualism and self gratification above the needs of of the community. Self esteem was no longer associated with reputation and honor of family group’s culture or nation.
The Psychology of self- esteem had put forth that development and fostering self esteem was the most valuable get for a human being. This gave entrance in Children that were not praised by their noteworthy achievements but were shielded from any experience that might be damaging supposedly to their self esteem and healthy competition and competition was replaced by ribbons and medals just for showing up by doing this alone we would save our children from drug abuse and criminal behavior. This instead creates a new breed of individual that never learned frustration tolerance and that they could not replace hard work, effort and persistence as a response to disappointment in failure.
Brain networking may turn out to be linked to the same pathway activated in drug addiction. By investing in virtual relationships in Cyberspace instead of the real world may be continuing a vicious circle of empty praise,disingenuosnousness and superficiality leading to a false belief that human needs for love, friendship and intimacy have been met. Relationships cannot be valued by the bulk, but their own sake. Despite the hollowness of these cyber relationships a false belief that one is accepted and important to others frees the individuals to pursue more egocentric view leading him to narcissism. Becoming more desperate to maintain their self esteem.
Generation X
Generation X is a term used to describe a group of people born from 1964 to the mid or late 1970s in the United States and Canada. This generation follows the powerful Baby Boomer generation which spiked after World War II. Although the term Generation X is used to describe people born in this time period, it has also been used to describe anyone who is “twentysomething” at the time. The biggest impact that Generation X has had on popular culture probably began in the 1980s and peaked in the 1990s.
While the term Generation X can be used to describe a wide group of people, it has come to be popularly accepted that members of this generation, wrought in the shadow of the Baby Boomers, felt alienated and disenfranchised by the cultural icons of the time. “X” described the lack of identity that members of Generation X felt — they didn’t know where they belonged, but knew for sure that they weren’t a part of the overbearing generation of Baby Boomers.
The media played its part in promoting the Generation X stereotype by portraying them as grunge-listening, Starbucks-drinking, flannel-donning slackers who were quietly revolting against their overachieving, conservative Baby Boomer parents or older siblings. While the term Generation X has been used by a more punk faction of the generation.
Writer Jane Deverson was the first known person to use the term Generation X in 1964. In a study of British teenagers for Women’s Own magazine, she came across a group of teenagers who were living outside of acceptable conservative mores by sleeping around, rejecting religion and disobeying their parents. When this group was rejected for use in the magazine, she co-authored a book with Charles Hamblett called Generation X.
Many believe that the transition from colonialism to globalism and the relative safety many Americans enjoyed after World War II had an effect. Gen-Xers’ parents had marched for equal rights and felt the impact of Kennedy’s assassination, possibly giving them a stronger sense of social responsibility. Skyrocketing costs in housing and education in the 1980s and 90s, coupled with intense competition from overachieving Baby Boomers, may also have alienated Gen-Xers.
GENERATION Y
Generation YYY refers to the population group in the US born from somewhere around 1976 to around 2000. They are sometimes called echo boomers because some of them are the children of baby boomers. On the other hand, some GenerationGenerationGeneration YYY children, especially those born in the late 1980s or afterwards, may be the grandchildren of baby boomers. Other names for this group are the Millennials, the Internet GenerationGenerationGeneration, and the abbreviated Gen YYY or Gen Yers.
There are some vagaries in defining GenerationGenerationGeneration YYY, as it can encompass two generations. A child born in 1976, probably to a true baby boomer, could easily have a child born in 1996, 20 years later. There’s no official consensus on the beginning or end term of GenerationGenerationGeneration YYY, and the term may be considered as a pejorative one, just as the term Generation X is sometimes used in a negative sense.
All population groups tend to be tarred with generalizations, some accurate, and some completely missing the mark. This particular group has been called rude, retributive, and prone to childhood obesity and drug and alcohol abuse. While certainly a few GenerationGenerationGeneration YYY kids may have these issues, it’s a gross misconception to suggest this is true of all kids in this 24-year span. What can be said about this group that is in no way pejorative is that they are the first group to come to age just as the Internet began to completely flower. They are thus familiar, usually from childhood, with not only Internet surfing, but also all the gadgets that have come along with it. Cellphones, electronic organizers, cable radio, hundreds of television stations, and many more things folks born before this period would consider novelties are just the basic staples of existence for a GenerationGenerationGeneration YYY kid or young adult.
For this reason, advertisers to the Gen YYY group specifically target this audience and see them as valuable current consumers or soon to be consumers. As a market, this group can have significant impact on spending, since 76 million people fall into the Gen YYY category. Other trends that GenerationGenerationGeneration YYY seems to have impacted are things like the PG-13 rating, something that has only existed in the past few years. Film manufacturers often strive for the PG-13 rating, because to do so means they’ll attract the Gen YYY audience, who are for the most part avid moviegoers and consistent spenders at the movies.
When GenerationGenerationGeneration YYY people are viewed in a negative light, this seems to be a reflection on the fact that they’ll comprise a significant amount of the workforce just as the last baby boomers hit the retirement age of 65. If Social Security stays in place, Gen Yers will be the ones paying into the system. With fewer people actually retiring at this age, conflict between the last baby boomers and Gen YYY folks may certainly arise over competition for jobs. Concern may also exist about leaving the country in the hands of a group for which many negative generalizations exist.
