Youth culture is essentially a fun culture. Play is restorative, rejuvenating us for the next day of work. It is a healthy adjunct to serious activities. Moralists condemn young people partly because they envy this period of carefree irresponsibility that they do not have. The body is a central feature of youth culture.
Young people use their bodies to express their cultural creativity and the pleasure of being young.
The body is decorated and transformed into an object of desire and lust. It is not surprising that fashion is part of youth culture. The creative element of youth is expressed in the wide variety of colours of their clothes and the greater leeway for experimental styles. In addition, sports is the activation of the body while dance is the expression of sensuality. This bodily dimension of youth culture makes adults feel ambivalent about youth.