Killer Culture

David Kupelian uses experience and research in "Killer Culture," suggesting that teens are falling captive to the propaganda of the media. He sites specific examples of "body art," dress, sexuality, and more which have become more lax with time. The piece is concluded with the solution that we must create a subculture to escape our current culture and ultimately form a new.
Much of the information given was easily related to. I found myself thinking of specific individuals that I am friends with, have seen, or met that fit many of the trends he referred to. He mentioned the lack of courting in society today, which is getting progressively less frequent. I have experienced that on occasion; boys, because I certainly would not consider them men, that feel it is not necessary to go on dates, simply spend time at home doing inappropriate things. I often think of my grandparents and how men seemed so much more sophisticated then.
I was slightly thrown off by limiting it to an "MTV generation," as many other channels promote equal, if not worse material than MTV; however, it was effective in making me question the material I choose to view. I had not considered how much of the media was in fact advertising for something until this class. It has been quite an eye opener.
An additional flaw that I found was the solution given. It was made to seem simple and a hasty generalization was made in assuming that all families are capable of homeschooling their children or that being best for all families. In a perfect world, that may be true; however, the point of this essay was to point out the flaws in our world so she fell a little short on that for me.