Question

Rolanda is 33 years old. She has a full-time career and is not married. Rolanda's mother keeps asking when she will get married and have children, insisting that Rolanda should be a wife and mother by now. Rolanda's mother's remarks reflect the _____ of her generation.

Answer 1

Social clock

Explanation:

The social clock is a cultural clock that means a specific time table for an event should occur on time. The events could be the marriage of a girl, a baby of women.

For example, in many cultures, there is a ritual that a person gets married in their teenage.

Rolanda is 33 and full of career so there is a social clock that she should married now and having babies. This is accepted in that culture for when the events should occur.