How To Follow Social Norms

The year was 1993, Bill Clinton was president and Schindler’s list came out in theaters. That same year Brandon Teena is raped and murdered. Teena had a name change to suit her new identity from Teena to Brandon. After analysis they determined she dealt with identity crisis. He was not alone, today there are several thousands of people who go through the struggle of finding themselves. At a young age we begin to experiment with our bodies and at that point we start testing the waters in regard to relationships. However there will be those who oppose of such curiosity and will try to impose their standards so you are able to abide by the social norms. To force people to follow these norms is unfair, we are teaching children to fit a certain …show more content…
We live one life and we should not have to feel as though we have to live for someone else. We are unique and there will be no one else like us. Dressing to fit a social norm for either gender should not strip you of your identity. Feel free to wear what you want when you want. There comes a point in life that we must be selfish and only care about our own thoughts and opinions and disregard others feelings towards us. Meeting up with these standards is time consuming and a waste. We live in a world where we are able to wed with whoever we want and we live with one another regardless of our race but yet we look down on one another if we have opposing preferences. United and equal is what we live for, but we cannot be understanding to those who just want to live. Self-loathing and hatred for one self is not mentally healthy there is so much more life can offer if we are able to accept and ignore people’s ridicule. Nobody is perfect and no one should have to live up to a standard that is forcing them to wear makeup or dress a certain way. Self-expression and diversity should be preached. There has been some progress however there is more acceptance for cross-gender behavior although there are still some issues. Online may seem like a bad thing right now but actually has helped to create self-help groups and support. There is potential in every person we just need to learn how to find this inner good. If we are able to express these body positive message to others we will create an accepting environment and have a tolerance for unorthodox. When will we be able to live in a world at peace with one another? How much time will pass before we realize we were wrong to