Traditionalist

Traditionalist are a followers various philosophies try to maintain components of pre-diaspora earth culture alive; partially in family values. A common trait is to hold their children high standards, with strict parents who while are quick to chastise misbehavior they are equally quick with forgives and praise; they typically feel this is best served with the use of corporal punishment for most children. They hold high value in their children learning ancient arts and languages partially those strongly associated with their families' cultural origins.

Types of Traditionalist

 * Egalitariarchal Traditionalist: Often just called Traditionalist are probably the most common type holds that it's important for a child to have both a male and female role model, even of the other role model isn't a parent. They hold that both parents hold equal role in running the home including the discipline of the children of the house.


 * Patriarchal Traditionalists: Often just called patri-dom hold that the father be head of the household who makes the important decisions and maintains discipline within the household, possibly including for their spouse as well as the children.


 * Matriarchal Traditionalists: Often just called fem-dis hold that the mother be head of the household who makes the important decisions and maintains discipline within the household, definitely including for their spouse as well as the children. (Within a fem-dis or feminine-disciplinary family unit, the submissive spouse—whether husband or lesbian life-partner—will certainly be subject to sound spankings from the female head-of-household. The fem-dis approach apparently accepts only feminine disciplinarians as far as corporal punishment is concerned—thus in such a family situation, the father would never spank anyone himself, although he would be subject to being corporally chastised by his wife and possibly his teenaged daughters as well.)

The term strict Traditionalist (of whichever gender-role type) apparently refers to a greater reliance on the old-style "spare the rod and spoil the child" approach to household discipline. Hence, even non-Penitatas children within a strict Traditionalist family would clearly be spanked fairly often and very soundly, as might a parent subject to corporal correction from his/her spouse/life partner.

Traditionalism refers to more than household leadership, it's a general philosophy of life and pragmatically serves as a plot device which can explain seeming anachronisms within a futuristic society.

(For an extreme example of Traditionalism within an overall futuristic setting, reference the "Star Trek: The Next Generation" episode, "Up the Long Ladder.")