American culture is more akin to arts and music. The 'French Youth" culture is in the realm of bacteria.
The French are famous for bacteria, hence "petri dish". Pasteur and Lavoisier were the first experts in bacteria. The curette is a surgical instrument invented by the French to scrape infection out of wounds. Yeast is universal used by the French in their bread, cheese and wine. As for microbes France is the arm pit of the world. France is culture alright.