Social Norms In The 60s

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The Social norms in the 60s were very weird and may surprise you, ever wonder what they were? One social norm is that everyone smoked and thought it was cool, they had no idea the negative side-effects of smoking, you could smoke in an airplane, in buildings, and cars without anyone getting mad. Another social norm was that kids could have toys like realistic looking guns that shoot pellets, they 'aim' the gun, not really of course, at 4-year-old's and other toys like fake cigars. Instead of movie theaters, drive-ins were popular. The norms above are way different from our social norms, not everyone smokes in this generation and instead of commercials about why you should smoke, it's why you shouldn't smoke, and you can't smoke in all buildings

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