Jane Ridley Quotes
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“To most of us, adulthood means being able to earn a living, possess a home, get married and rear children, and this implies having autonomy or control over ones life. In the 19th century, becoming an adult was celebrated as a liberation from paternal authority. Today we regard it more as a time of regret and stagnation.”
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Romantic love came under attack, first from the Freudians and then from the neuroscientists, who said that being in love was a chemical reaction in the brain. Marriage is no longer seen as a lifetime commitment.
— Jane Ridley
“Historians who write about families are usually feminists who think in terms of gender relations.”
— Jane Ridley
Adolescence was only recognised as a life stage in the early 20th century, when psychologists got down to work. Today's generational battle obscures the fact that adulthood is happening later. A new transitional stage has emerged after adolescence: the twenties.
— Jane Ridley
We live in an age of generational turmoil. Baby-boom parents are accused of clinging on to jobs and houses which they should be freeing up for their children. Twentysomethings who can't afford to leave home and can't get jobs are attacked as aimless and immature.
— Jane Ridley
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