Research Paper On Conformity

“Being your own person doesn’t mean always going against the crowd.It means not paying attention to what the crowd is doing.” The reality of it all, is that many people assume that being yourself is “weird” or “odd”. When most of the time, being yourself is the best thing to be in this cruel world. In today's society, everyone is so into trying to fit into the well known “popular crowd “. Others seem to be quiet and very self-centered, most are frightened to show their true colors and express who they really are; due to the fear of being rejected.

When it comes to the word 'conformity' many are unsure if it's the correct way to go. Those who enjoy being a follower agree to the fact that conformity isn't the right path to go. But those who are leaders enjoy making their own path in order to be unique and "different." Followers are afraid of conformity because they don't want others to misjudge them for their personal opinions and …show more content…
Society wants us to be different but not to different . Not to the point to where it starts to become a challenge . Have you ever been jealous of a person? It's because you want to be the way they are and you're envious at the fact that you aren't . That's how society works . They root for you to be different but when you're too good at it they start dragging you down and calling you names . I personally feel like that's the cause of lots of hate now a days. People dont like when others are too unique . But at the same time they don't like when people follow a certain crowd or trends . It's basically a double negative . And I'm not completely sure if anything is ever going to stop it . People are mean. And hate is growing . I believe that if we start excepting people for who they are rather than telling them who they should be the world would be a much happier place