Growing up in modern times brings both new benefits and challenges one will have to face in their lifetime. These changes can involve cultural shifts in families and how they function in society. According to Kathleen Gerson, the present generation is undergoing a “gender revolution” (3) where “shifts in women’s place and new forms of adult partnerships have created more options, but they also pose unprecedented conflicts and challenges” (3). Interestingly, Gerson also points out this revolution is unfinished because young adults are currently involved in an ongoing conflict where “changing lives are colliding with resistant institutions” (12). Therefore, one can see the current generation is facing a gender revolution being fought with ideas
