This is a Japanese culture of Collective society. I often feel pressure of Conformity. We have a word “Read the situation” which means we observe people’s facial expressions and behaviors, and judge how we should behave. Don’t do selfish behavior. I always care about other people’s thinking and try to follow them. In the public’s pressures, people don’t hug or kiss, because they care about others’ face. On the bus or train, people should not talk loudly. If my cough lasted for a long time, I had better to leave a movie theater. We had better to join local community otherwise bad rumor is spread and I could be isolated. In the class’ pressure, students should not speak a lot. My sisters had to come back home by 10 PM when they were young. This
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For example, talking quietly on the train. If I have to handle this conformity, I have to be a selfish person and care about my comfortableness. When people were young, they were selfish, but they have learned what is good behavior for other people. Learning good things of the conformity would handle good type of conformity. On the other hand, bad type of conformity will be that everyone feels comfortable, but I disagree to the conformity. For instance, I have to do something I hate in front of many friends. Clearly saying opinion would be useful when other people try me to do something. Say “I cannot do” or “I don’t want to do”, but there are risks I mentioned before. I might lose friends and job, and these make my parents sad. If I don’t care about other people, I could handle. I will need strong mental to feel comfortable to be alone. Or, some people who don’t want to feel uncomfortable tend to gather by themselves, so I can also belong to the group. Also, if I could control the group by getting initiative, I could make the environment which don’t happen what I hate. In conclusion, saying “I cannot do” with risks losing friends and job, belonging to people who never do what they hate, or controlling the group would handle the
For example, talking quietly on the train. If I have to handle this conformity, I have to be a selfish person and care about my comfortableness. When people were young, they were selfish, but they have learned what is good behavior for other people. Learning good things of the conformity would handle good type of conformity. On the other hand, bad type of conformity will be that everyone feels comfortable, but I disagree to the conformity. For instance, I have to do something I hate in front of many friends. Clearly saying opinion would be useful when other people try me to do something. Say “I cannot do” or “I don’t want to do”, but there are risks I mentioned before. I might lose friends and job, and these make my parents sad. If I don’t care about other people, I could handle. I will need strong mental to feel comfortable to be alone. Or, some people who don’t want to feel uncomfortable tend to gather by themselves, so I can also belong to the group. Also, if I could control the group by getting initiative, I could make the environment which don’t happen what I hate. In conclusion, saying “I cannot do” with risks losing friends and job, belonging to people who never do what they hate, or controlling the group would handle the