Breaking Social Norms

In many different societies we all contain social norms. Fundamentally, social norms are defined as “the rules of behavior that are considered acceptable in a group or society” (YourDictionary). In other words, norms are the written or unwritten rules of behavior that we follow in everyday life. Some norms could be an effortless gesture such as “holding a door for an individual”. But other social norms are more strictly held to in certain situations than in others; for instance, slapping a stranger can lead to bad altercations other than dealing with the cops (if some would say). People who do not follow norms may be shunned or suffer some kind of consequence. I always found breaking a social norm controls my natural instinct in public which causes discomfort for most as well as myself who witnesses its violation.
As I break this social norm, I will take notice the reactions of others , as well as reflect on my own reaction and the impact that it has on me. …show more content…
This was always intriguing to me, so I chose to do an experiment on the significance of personal space in public. As part of my experiment, I knew what I was getting myself into and how uncomfortable it will be. Invading personal space with a stranger is possibly the rarest thing to see. I mean not unless you are at a teenage party with a bunch of drunk kids who smother’s each others faces into one another, or at Seville on a thursday night grinding one another’s emotions with Fetty Wap’s latest hit. Okay I am guilty of this too, I mean we all are once in our life. After all, invading someone’s personal space, nonetheless a stranger, contradicts what is expected as a norm. It’s plain out disrespectful and awkward. So on the contrary, since I really want to experience breaching someone's bubble, I am going approach a person and counteract this