Generations: The Real Differences Between Gen Z, Millennials, Gen X, Boomers, and Silents—and What They Mean for America's Future

by Jean M. Twenge

Combining all of the survey data 1972–2021, Silents were twice as likely as those in the Greatest generation (born 1901–1924) to believe that traditional gender roles were not necessarily better, a huge shift in just one generation (see Figure 2.4