Everyone is born into a certain era. I wouldn't want to see anyone faced with the circumstances that prevailed at the time, when there were few or no alternatives.
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I was a proponent of the ERA.
Really, each era has its own false nostalgia. We all put a picket fence up around something. For my generation it was the '50s, and for other generations it will be something else. Change is scary for everyone, as is complexity, contradiction, and an uncertain future.
I was a proponent of the ERA. The women of my generation and my daughter's generation, they were very active in moving along the social change that would result in equal citizenship stature for men and women.
Even with Extreme, I don't think you have a choice but to sort of have somewhat of an influence of the times.
As contemporary history reminds us we are human to the extent that we are able to chose between alternatives.
There are certain moments in the history of a nation when the choices made define the decades to come.
I see history as really cyclical in terms of the intense idealism, and the desire to create a better life outside of societal norms.
If anyone thinks they'd rather be in a different part of history, they're probably not a very good student of history. Life sucked in the old days. People knew very little, and you were likely to die at a young age of some horrible disease. You'd probably have no teeth by now. It would be particularly awful if you were a woman.
People always ask me if I could live in any other era what would it be, and I tell them none! I feel so lucky to live in an age where technology has changed and continues to change and make life so much more exciting. It keeps everyone young and constantly learning new things.
We should not be afraid to go into a new era, to leave the old beyond.