ther. In conclusion, what you have is anall-out war on parents, the result of which is ultimately the decline of civic virtue and theoverall welfare of the nation (Schaffer 2). Tagging along with the nostalgia movement is a new womens movement that tries toreverse the effects of the first (Paul 64). Shalit, in her book Returning to Modesty:Discovering the Lost Virtue, points out that the social progressions has left women ispoorer condition than before the movement started (Paul 64). Our mothers tell us we shouldnt want to give up all the hard-won gains theynave bequeathed us, and we think: what gains? Sexual harassment, date rape, slaking,eating disorders, all those dreary hook-ups? Or perhaps its the great gain of divorce youhad in mind. (Paul 64) The ramifications, at least to these overseeing parents, of living in the currentstructured parenting environment of the United States is vast and include an increase inthe rate of crime, teenage pregnancies, drugs, rape, divorce, poor relationships, and abuse.Those with a proper upbringing, a hopelessly undefinable and impossibly utopian word,commit less violent acts. The pivoting ramification, and a central pivot for both this paper and the emergingnostalgia movement is the possible loss of innocence. Innocence to proponents equalsthe lack of harming children (opponents deny the occurrence) by cutting childrensexposure to all adult material. The word adult is not used in the traditional pornographicsense, but as a general category defining all information that the average child should notknow. This includes such topics as sex, marriage, work, and violence. Now, as information rapidly increases, the rush to protect kids from this incomingblow increases. Today innocence, the isolated and lighted room in a mansion of despair,could be defined as an escape from the informational age. Open the door, and the light(innocence) escapes, forever departed. Knowledge is potent stuff; thats why we keep ...
