Being exposed to today's mass media, one is usualy forced to come to terms with certain aspects of today's society eventually. Most recently, I am perplexed as to why advertisment agencies do what they do. In every commercial involving a family doing something, there is always a father, a mother, a son, and a daughter. Either child may be older, but that is an irrevelant fact. Both of the children are in their early adolescent years, and the parents are in their late 30's to early 40's.
But, why? Is it absolutely necessary to have two children, one of each gender? It is not "just" to discriminate against those families with two male children, or those with two female children.
And while we are on the subject of discrimination, what about the old people? With the exception of the retirement commercials, old people are never noticed. Do old people never do anything fun, like take cruises? Why shouldn't they? After all, old people have enough money to go on a cruise....not their younger counterparts.
