The Snowflake Generation , or Snowflake Generation , is a neologistic term used to characterize young adults in 2010 because it is more vulnerable to offense and less resilient than previous generations, or as being too vulnerable emotionally to overcome their own challenging views. This term is considered insulting. This is one of the few informal examples of the use of the word snowflake to refer to people.
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The term snowflake has been used to refer to children raised by their parents in a way that gives them an increased sense of their own uniqueness. The early use of snowflake has been attributed to the 1996 novel Chuck Palahniuk Fight Club, and the 1999 film adaptation. Both the novel and the movie include the phrase "You are not special. You are not a beautiful snowflake and unique." In January 2017, Palahniuk claimed credit for coining snowflakes, adding that young adults from the 2010 exhibition "sort of new Victorianism". An article published by Merriam-Webster stated that Palahniuk was not the first to use metaphorically snowflake , saying, "These are items from self-help books and inspirational posters and elementary school guarantees. beautiful negation, each of us has unique snowflakes, each of which is valuable because each has its own unique beauty. "
The term "Snowflake Generation", or its variation of "Snowflake Generation", probably came from the United States and became widely used in England in 2016 after the publication of Claire Fox's book I Find That Offensive! . In it he writes about the confrontation between Yale University students and College faculty head Nicholas Christakis. The confrontation comes after Christakis's wife, Erika Christakis, a university lecturer, has suggested students should "relax a bit more than costume Halloween costume labels as an insensitive culture," according to Fox. Fox describes a video showing student reactions as "a screaming, almost hysterical student crowd." Fox said the reaction to the viral video led to a moniker who belittled the "snowflake generation" for students.
The "Snowflake Generation" is recognized as one of the 2016 Collins Dictionary this year. Collins defines this term as "young adults in 2010, seen as less tough and more vulnerable to offense than previous generations". Similarly, by 2016, the Financial Times includes snowflakes in the annual list of Year in their Word , defines it as " insulting to someone who is considered too emotionally vulnerable to overcoming their own challenging views, especially at universities and other forums once known for strong debates "and notes that insults have been intended for generations.
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Usage
"Snowflake Generations" and snowflakes have been used in connection with recognized generation differences; snowflake and similar terms have also been used more widely.
The generation difference
According to Claire Fox, the members of Generation Snowflake "are really depressed by ideas that are contrary to their worldview"; they are more likely than previous generations of students to report that they have mental health problems. Fox and journalist Bryony Gordon describe these traits as being combined with a strong sense of entitlement. According to an article titled "The 'Snowflake' Generation: Real or Imagined?" of the John William Pope Center reasons put forward by researchers for reported improvements in mental health problems among different students. They vary from increased pressure on students, reducing the independence resulting from excessive use of mental health services, to the expectation of university authorities against student vulnerability.
Fox argues parents of helicopters create the Generation Snowflake, and argue that the emphasis on self-esteem in childhood causes adults to "tiptoe around children's sensitivity" to avoid "impairing their well-being". In England, Tom Bennett was recruited by the government to address behavior at school. He commented that Generation Snowflake children in schools could be over-protected, causing problems as they progressed to university and were confronted with a "harder reality". Bennett argues to be sheltered from conflict because children can cause students who react with intolerance to people and things they believe may offend a person or against people who have different political opinions, leading to a phenomenon called "no there is a platform ", in which a controversial topic speaker is prohibited from speaking on the university campus.
In 2016, some law professors at the University of Oxford started using trigger alerts to remind students of potentially troublesome subject material. This invites criticism from Fox and GQ author Eleanor Halls, which links the phenomenon with the Generation Snowflake, and questioned how well law students educated with trigger alerts would serve as lawyers. The university has not adopted a formal policy on trigger warning, leaving its use for the wisdom of each lecturer.
The negative connotation of the term Snowflake Generation has been criticized for being too broadly applied; Bennett also commented: "It's true that, for some of these kids, losing fast wi-fi is a crisis and offended on the internet is a disaster.... But then I remember the others, and I think they're all in balance with each other. "Richard Brooks wrote in The Daily Telegraph that" the students always play a role in changing the tide of public opinion, "and Mark Kingwell, professor of philosophy at the University of Toronto has rejected the use of the term to characterize political protests as" whining " , in response to protests by Millennials after the election of Donald Trump as president of the United States.
Historian Neil Howe, who has written many books from generation to generation, explains the term "Generational Snowflake" as part of a wider societal pattern criticizing Millennials. Howe says this includes the 2013 article of the Time The Millennium: The Me Me Me Generation and The Millennials skit from Saturday Night Live shown in 2015. In the three-part series written for Forbes titled Snowflake Generation: Really? Howe, known for the Strauss-Howe generation theory, disagrees with the negative characterization of the term "snowflake generation", but he says it is based on a "truth kernel". Howe says "snowflakes give rise to privileges and risk aversion" and he asserts "Millennial Generation manifests many good things." How these attributes are raised during a moral panic over children, while protecting children is an increasing social priority. He said the group grew up with "family fan clubs that protect and support them" resulting in high self-esteem. Howe says the term snowflake generation implies having a high self-esteem is a negative quality, while he believes it is a positive quality associated with reducing youth violence and reducing the level of violent youth violent crime, as well as reductions in the CDC monitors youth risk behaviors such as not wearing bicycle helmets, not wearing seat belts, having sex, drinking alcohol, and smoking. Howe says risk aversion extends to older Millennials as well, citing gambling reductions, reduction of investment in the stock market, and reduced attendance at the bar/nightclub. Instead of being negative as described by the term "snowflake generation" Howe argues "one of the many benefits of having high self-esteem is wiser behavior".
Howe notes that "snowflake generation" is also used to criticize young adults to live with their parents with higher numbers than the older generation. Howe attributes this partly to the Great Recession, but says "it's definitely not the whole story, because the Millennial share of living with their parents is still up eight years later". He attributes this to young adults who are closer to their parents than the previous generation said "The millennium is emotionally closer to their Boomer parents than they have ever Boomers for their own parents." As for the critique associated with the term "snowflake generation" Howe says "Every generation is shaped differently by history, each generation brings with it new and different priorities, and every older generation feels threatened when they feel that this new priority can push their world in a unknown direction. "
Wider usage
In his syndication column, Michelle Malkin criticized the provision of the Affordable Care Act which requires employer-based health coverage to reach adult children up to the age of 26, describing it as a "lazy mandate" and calling these young adults "valuable snowflakes". Malkin believes the provision has "cultural consequences" because "it reduces incentives for the 20s to grow and seek independent living and livelihoods".
Jessica Roy, writing for the Los Angeles Times, said alt-right in the United States describes people who protest Donald Trump as a "snowflake", using the term as a harsh word.
See also
References
External links
- "Screwed or Generation Generation of Snowflakes? The young English do better than think a lot". The Economist . London. November 19, 2016 . Retrieved November 18 2016 .
- Does the school produce Generation Snowflakes? - Discussion panel from WORLDwrite featuring Claire Fox
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