Differences Between Past and Our Present

The cultural beliefs have the power to change or create a new idea of something. Culture and society affect the image people have about family, all this because of the big influence this two aspects represent in people’s lifes.
The customs and traditions in 1950s were different to the ones we have these days. In the fifties the family had to be perfect, as Stephanie Coontz said in What We Really Miss About the 1950s “It is the belief that the 1950s provided a more family-friendly economic and social environment, an easier climate in which to keep kids on the straight and narrow, and above all, a greater feeling of hope for a family’s long term future, especially for its young.” for example they have a perfect breakfast and dinner and all the family had to be there. Nowadays this usually does not happen because everyone has different activities and they do not have enough time for this.
In the 1950s people was closed minded, they discriminate people because of their color, sexual preferences or just because they do not approve what they do or like. At the present time this kind of discrimination is still happening, not as much as in the past but is still a problem of this days. In 2012 people is more tolerant to certain things but, as I said before some persons still discriminate and do not let woman work or be just themselves. Through the years these kinds of ideas have been changing and people is trying to remove this. All the families of the fifties tried to show the perfect image for the world, they were consider the best and perfect image. The father was the provider of the house, he was authoritarian and all of the