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Lifestyles perceived to be outside the cultural norm From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
An alternative lifestyle or unconventional lifestyle is a lifestyle perceived to be outside the norm for a given culture. The term alternative lifestyle is often used pejoratively.[1] Description of a related set of activities as alternative is a defining aspect of certain subcultures.[2]
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Alternative lifestyles and subcultures were first highlighted in the U.S & the Uk some countries did contributed. in the 1920s with the "flapper" movement. Women cut their hair and skirts short (as a symbol of freedom from oppression and the old ways of living).[3][better source needed] These women were the first large group of females to practice pre-marital sex, dancing, cursing, and driving in modern America without the ostracism that had occurred in earlier instances.
The American press in the 1970s frequently used the term "alternative lifestyle" as a euphemism for homosexuality out of fear of offending a mass audience. The term was also used to refer to hippies, who were seen as a threat to the social order.[1]
The following is a non-exhaustive list of activities in the U.S. that have been described as alternative lifestyles:
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