Editing Scum: We Is Scum (section)

==The Disenfranchised Generation==

Every generation's youths feels special and different, though each approaches it in their own way.

The reader's generation probably recalls the punks, the mods and the new romantics, or if they're a bit younger, maybe the goths and the metalheads. These were all subcultures, embraced by a sizeable minority, and with the shared theme of the rejection of societal values.

The protagonists of this game are similar but different to those of previous generations. 

Like a punk, a chav has a certain style of dress that sets them apart from the general public. The male chav has his tracksuit bottoms, his reeboks, his hoodie and his baseball cap. The female chav either has her fake designer handbag, her white stilettoes, her mini-skirt and crop top, or just wears a female version of the male uniform. Like a punk, the chav knows that society despises and ridicules his or her dress sense, but the chav wears these things as a badge of pride.

Like a punk, a chav has his own musical genre. He claims certain genres of rap (especially white boy rap and UK garage music) as his own, though he isn't defined by these musical tastes.

However, unlike a punk, the chav isn't yet accepted into the mainstream. Also, unlike a punk the chav isn't in any way ''political''. The chav isn't looking to tear down the status quo, he's just looking to get drunk, have fun and do what he wants.

Also, unlike the punk, the chav has yet to take their monicker as a badge of pride. Call a chav a chav, and you'll get him angry. Call a punk a punk, and they'll be happy to be recognised.

In years to come, likely they'll be middle aged folk who look back to the chav generation and smile, and say how much worse "today's scum" are than the harmless chavs of yesteryear. For now though, the chavs are ''this decade's'' disenfranchised generation.
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