is it me or is the mind set of society individuality starting to become a mold? I`m going to ask how many people have you met that act alike? how many people have you met think the way of a fashion Gothic ,gamer,political,or what ever... its easy to identify them By what they wear what they do people are being lost by stereotypes and a lot have lost to think for themselves my question to you here is am i the only one that see this?
2007-09-29 08:16:36 · 7 answers · asked by Preow 1 in Social Science ➔ Psychology
I think you're right. We flaunt individuality, but we are always part of stereotypes, which can't be avoided. Individually, we want to be individuals and unique, but others many always judge us through colored lenses. Also, there is no way to fully display our individuality, the way we see ourselves and the way we are unique. Most of the interactions with society are pretty general; we don't have monologues with others--we have dialogues, which break up our display of ourselves into bits--people can't see the total "us" at any one point in time to fully process "us" as individuals. Then the next time they see us, they forgot some details of us.
Individuality does exist, but practically, we can't treat everyone as individuals all the time. That's we may feel so misunderstood at the end of the day.
2007-09-29 08:26:54 · answer #1 · answered by Pansy 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Not at all, the older and or more experience you get you'll understand that a tremendously large portion of the population are like sheep that need a sheppard. The bottom line is understanding who you are and what you want to do in life, your purpose. Also that can get preety tricky because I notice that same kind of mentality withing 'spiritual' people as well. My best advice is to check into the Baha'i Faith because from experience I can say that I have no unanswered questions for myself, I do get confused temporarilty for sure, but if I am given the strength to get there I know where I want to go and how I want my life to be from A to Z.
Peace
2007-09-29 15:25:39 · answer #2 · answered by Kevin B 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It is very difficult to be an overt individual. Society provides us with an infinite list of expectations, and guidelines for what is deemed acceptable. Additionally our institutions have codes, rules, and regulations for which we must follow in order to maintain our membership. our schools, jobs, temples, and churches all expect us to behave in ways which fit their model for what it is to be human. Our peer groups, and social networks also maintain a strong grip on our behavior, and beliefs because if we do not act, as they do we will eventually lose the acceptance of them. Finally lets take a look at marketers, and the media. In almost everything we do we find ourselves bombarded with abillions of adds to buy into specific products and ideas. Billboards, magazines, television, radio, and Internet is a freeway of ideas in which only the most acceptable survive. Conformity is by no means the desire of the human entity, but today's world seems to be set up in a way that herds us all together. We can defend ourselves from conformity by realizing that we are in fact our own person, and finding more abstract ways of expressing this. poetry, song writing, painting, drawing, acting, and the list goes on and on. Good luck in finding ways of free and individual expression
2007-09-29 16:13:10 · answer #3 · answered by Jason V 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
We've been individualistic for some time now, especially in North America. Caring for your fellow man is becoming a lost art. Sure there are groups of people that cleek together but that usually dissapates when you get older. Communities don't help eachother anymore and we even alienate ourselves from our own family. It's sad.
2007-09-29 15:25:11 · answer #4 · answered by I don't know 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Peer pressure and herd mentality are common traits of the human species. That's why we are called sheep. We always follow the leader. Take a look at the expressway sometime. Why don't some of them get off and take side streets home?
2007-09-29 15:28:06 · answer #5 · answered by Irish 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It's true, but then I also see alot of people who have their own style, I respect all the people who dress how ever they feel like, even if they look totally outrageous, and I agree people have tags now like emo, gangsta, nerd... I wish people would break out the mold and dress how they feel like. Me and my friends dressed like that one day and I lost count of the number of looks and gossip we got.
2007-09-29 15:26:22 · answer #6 · answered by sophieee92 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Children and teens are conformist.
As people grow up, they don't conform, but domore what they really want ot do.
Actually, there are non-conformists your age, but most people call them losers and ignore or make fun of them.
2007-09-29 23:33:59 · answer #7 · answered by tehabwa 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋