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No offense, but where, exactly?
See that earlier study linked for you that you claimed didn't count because Millenials' weren't old enough or something? The behavior is real.
I mean... Really, if I were to choose an era that actually seemed to present some hope of genuine cultural reform, it probably would've been the late eighties and nineties. It certainly wasn't perfect, but the AIDs scare had actually frightened people into cleaning up their act a bit, the Reagan administration had breathed some new life into culturally Conservative ideals, the divorce and STD rates finally started to wind down a bit after hitting astronomical highs during the 1970s and early 1980s, more traditional family dynamics (most notably the 'stay at home mom') had something of a Renaissance, and there was even a miniature "baby boom" (though, obviously, not enough of one to make a lasting difference).
The Millennial generation, by way of contrast, almost seems like a backlash against that backlash. Promiscuity and general debauchery are more in vogue right now than they've ever been in recent memory, STDs are up again, marriage and birth rates (Hell! Even just positive attitudes relating to marriage and childrearing) are at the lowest they've ever been, single motherhood is at an all time high, and religiousity is drifting in the aether as well.
Maybe I'm wrong, but Millennials really seem to be the wrong group to look towards for any kind of "comeback" here. I'd look more towards the generation after.
They just might be disgusted enough to actually change something. :shrug:
Ever increasing influence from Catholic Latinos probably won't hurt matters either (provided they can avoid the pitfalls of American minority culture, of course).
I think you are overemphasizing the recent. Sure, our generation is stupid and self destructive. We just don't seem to be as stupid and self destructive as the Boomers.