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For other uses, see Generation gap (disambiguation).  The
generational gap is a term popularized in Western countries
during the 1960s referring to differences between people of
younger generations and their elders, especially between
children and their parents.[1]  Although some generational
differences have existed throughout history, modern generational
gaps have often been attributed to rapid cultural change in the
modern and postmodern period, particularly with respect to such
matters as musical tastes, fashion, technology and politics.
These changes are assumed to have been magnified by the
unprecedented size of the young generation during the 1960s,
which gave it the power and inclination to rebel against
societal norms.  However, sociologists also point to
institutional age segregation as an important contributing
factor to the generational divide. Those in childhood phases are
segregat