Positive Self Concept Of Yourself

A positive self concept of yourself can make you see the world in a completely different way, it can make you realize that you put on a mask everyday and you hiding yourself from everyone. Self Concept is your overall perception of who you are, based on the beliefs, attitudes, and values, according to Steven McCornack . I dont think that people realize that they do have masks , they do change themselves to the way the world wants us to be. People have a way in deceiving themselves and by doing that we lose a part of ourselves. People get lost in the judgmental and stereotypical world every day. The worst part about wearing a mask is people judge other people for doing the same thing, they are scapegoating aMasks are items created by indigenous …show more content…
These are the ones which serve to protect us , enable us to be people whom we are not, allow us to assume various roles and provide us with shelter. The operative question is do they work, do they help or hinder. first of all, a masks, according to McCormick is “ The public self designed to strategically veil your private self”. I use a mask, in fact everyone does. We use masks everyday, they are what I put my mask on everyday when I leave my house, because I know that I will have to face challenges, situations and people. I have different masks for different situations. “Masking (Personality Theory) is a process in which an individual changes or "masks" his or her natural personality to conform to social pressures, abuse, and or harassment.” (google.com …show more content…
"Gender" refers to the socially constructed roles, behaviours, activities, and attributes that a given society considers appropriate for men and women. To put it another way” (Definitions on Google.com) Gender plays a role in what masks you wear, what kind of personality you show and it affects emotional experience and expression. Men and women both share and differ in types of masks. Gender does have an effect on emotional and expression according to Reflect and Relate. We stereotype on how women and mens emotions affect who they are. Men and women do have a certain way to deal with emotions, they don 't differ as much as people think. Also in Reflect and Relate it states that “Both genders experience the primary emotions with equal entisity.” Women are allowed to show more emotions than men “suposably” because men are suppose to be strong and tough and are never supposed to show any emotions because that makes them weak. Saying that women show more emotion than men is an example of a stereotype, Men can and do show the same amount of emotion as women. Emotions are not based on the type of sex they are from being human and so is having masks, were human its nature to