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Demi Kemmeries
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Who'd be a teenager in 2006? As if it isn't hard enough dealing with all those misdirected hormones and skin eruptions, they're now being blamed for most of society's ills. That is if you believe a new report from the Institute for Public Policy Research (IPPR) that, in a nutshell, confirms all your deepest fears about those strange beings huddled on the back seat of the bus. To paraphrase a little here, the gist of its findings is: "The Modern British Teen - obese, oversexed and over there." Oh, sorry, we missed out the bits about them being drugged-up, violent, under-educated and riddled with STDs.
But there's a serious point here. Apparently over 1.5 million of us want to move house to avoid young people hanging around on street corners. Hello? They're OUR KIDS. Has it really come to this, that we've become prisoners in our neighbourhoods to our own offspring? Are teenagers really that terrifying?
Of course, all communities need scapegoats and, in these increasingly uncertain times, no one fits the bill better than a surly semi-adult who can barely raise a mumble, let alone an objection. Obviously, It's Not Fair. And, clearly, We Don't Understand. But the one lesson teenagers have always had to come to terms with is the great truth of adulthood: nobody cares. We all know they're not really to blame. They never are. They're not the ones who ignore UN resolutions or sexed-up dossiers. But they're easier to tut at. And, besides, they dress funny.
The recent spate of widespread tutting, however, ignores the fact that the modern British teen is a very different animal to the one earlier generations recognise from their own misspent youth. While the rise of the "kidults" - grown-ups who hold on to the trappings of adolescence well into their thirties - shows no (omega) sign of abating, the teenager as we know it no longer exists. In its place is a bafflingly complex array of disparate groups, struggling to make sense of the world around them and inventing their own system of codes, values and mores in the process.
Up until the end of the Second World War, it was simple: you left school, took on an apprenticeship and learnt pretty sharpish to live in the adult world. But in the 1950s it all changed: you left school, you did whatever you felt like for as long as you felt like and then you entered the adult world on your own terms. In the post-War boom years, school leavers suddenly found themselves with money in their pockets and new, strange and exciting developments to discover. Blues and jazz dominated the airwaves, while Marlon Brando was busy rebelling against anything and everything on the screen. As a direct result, demob suits disappeared in favour of a new youth uniform consisting of workwear and undershirts. The teenager was king, spearheading a cultural revolution fuelled by the gods of leisure and entertainment. But things aren't so clear-cut and linear any more. Now, you live in the adult world, leave school and still continue to do childish things, in no particular order.
While it might be more than a little disingenuous to claim we can't blame teenagers for anything on the grounds that they no longer exist (evidently there are still people in their teens out there), Klosterman is more concerned with a subtle - but stark - shift in the teen dynamic. Discussing the films of Larry Clark as an example, he says: "What you see... are children with unsophisticated minds dealing with complicated, adult problems, which is why their dialogue seems so striking."
But let's not dwell in the fictional world when we've got living, breathing case studies of our own sat on the back of the 134 bus to Finchley. Another survey, this time commissioned from media agency Ramp Industry by Channel 4, attempted a more "street up" approach by interviewing a cross-section of teenagers over a six-month period. It also provided an outlet for the subjects themselves by encouraging them to produce video diaries, provide regular text updates or to contribute to messageboard discussions. Unsurprisingly, the survey - entitled UK Tribes (www.uktribes.com) - draws some very different conclusions to the IPPR. It tries to make sense of the bewildering variation in the teenage experience of today, in the attempt explaining why sweeping generalisations are even harder to make now than ever.
Instead, many teenagers simply ignore rules that they feel have no bearing on their lives. But rather than existing outside of the system, they look beyond it. In keeping with Klosterman's theory, what we see is the child's response to an adult world they reject, but often wrapped up in the language and posturing of the adult. The result is, "a generation profoundly different from those that have come before [with] a soundtrack that you don't like, a new language that you don't understand and a radical morality that you don't accept."
This is a crucial point - rather than the standard teenage nihilism, the various youth tribes are, in Crysell's words, "about contributing and creating". In terms that an older generation might understand, many of today's teenagers follow the dictum: "Why don't you just switch off the television set and go out and do something less boring instead." The fact that "something less boring" might entail taking drugs, or joyriding, or drinking alcopops, doesn't necessarily have to detract from the simple truth that they're setting their own agenda, often with a rare passion and enthusiasm. Barham singles out two groups - psychedelic clubbers and petrolheads - as examples. From the outside (adult) world, they seem little more than troublesome, hedonistic delinquents. Certainly, both groups get their kicks partly from illegal acts, whether it's popping pills in clubs or racing cars where they shouldn't. But essential to both is a sense of belonging, where, "For a few hours at least, they can determine their own laws, their own parameters of conduct."
Barham notes with surprise that many of those teenagers he talked to were far more conservative than he expected, with well-developed personal moral codes, even if they don't tally with those of previous generations. Yes, they download porn on their mobiles, they do handbrake turns in car parks and they've often experimented with drugs before they've tried a Bacardi Breezer. But, unlike their stereotypical portrayal in the media, they have a far stronger sense of community than they're given credit for.
While the UK Tribes survey still came across evidence of antagonism - Crysell cites a mass punch-up between Goths and Chavs and general animosity towards Emo Kids ("they get most of the grief"), the expected tensions usually fail to materialise. Chavs, for instance, seem proud of their reputation and are reclaiming the word from the condescending middle classes. More significantly, the geeks (or New Techies) are inheriting the earth, thanks to the increasing role technology plays in teenage lives. "People have been talking about virtual reality for a long time," says Crysell, "but it's happening. Someone's virtual life on MySpace can now take priority over their real life." Friendships and conversations flourish between people who've never met beyond a chatroom or a file-sharing website. And the nerd's unique role as a facilitator has seen his stock rise inexorably.
So far, so positive. But what about the troublemakers? Like teenagers themselves, they prove a lot harder to pin down once the searchlight is turned on. "Much of the information we receive about this generation is mediated, and the mediator has its own agenda," says Barham. "Kids can read, watch TV, listen to politicians... Is it any wonder they feel disconnected?"
For a start, the age at which a child can be held legally responsible for criminal behaviour in England and Wales is one of the lowest in Europe: a mere 10 years old. So youth crime figures are immediately inflated. That's one league table we rarely read about being bottom of. For the record, comparable ages of responsibility are 13 in France, 14 in Germany, 15 in Italy, 16 in Spain and 18 in Belgium. If you want any more evidence of the death of the teenager, here it is in black and white: in the law's eyes, you cease being a child and become a calculated, conniving criminal while still in junior school. Why is this legal age so low? For one reason alone: because in 1993, the toddler James Bulger was murdered by Jon Venables and Robert Thompson when they were both aged 10. The media, having already worked themselves into a frenzy about the "evil child killers", demanded a change, so we got one.
So, British teenagers in 2006. Not quite as violent as we thought. Considerably smarter. In trouble with the law since the day they were born. But inventive, creative and unclassifiable except on their own terms. That is, if they exist at all. Confused? The rest of us are. "Any misunderstood system looks chaotic from the outside," says Nick Barham. "So perhaps mainstream media portrays British youth as amoral, superficial, wasted and dumb because their behaviour seems inexplicable."
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Skeezy might also describe American Apparel's chief executive officer, Dov Charney. The Wall Street Journal reported in April that Charney "stages provocative photo shoots in the basement of his Los Angeles mansion -- a hilltop perch filled with stacks of his vintage porn magazines." Unrelated to his predilection for porn, he has been the target of four sexual harassment suits by former employees. Regarding the one lawsuit still pending, Charney told CNBC: "I don't see this as an ongoing risk for us."
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