The world is mostly based off labels. Most of these labels are given to people by others who don’t even know the one being given the label. I believe that no one should be judged or given a label by someone who does not fully understand their personality and ways of life. Every day, many struggle to deal with the idea that others have a negative opinion of them. Sometimes being associated with the wrong people can give others this opinion of you, or sometimes people might hear something that someone has spread about you, whether true or not, that can lead them to forming their opinion of you. Either way, I believe that one’s opinion of you should not lead you to doing things that make you unhappy or uncomfortable, just to please them. Labels are often wrongly given, because many don’t fully learn about someone else before giving them a label.
I believe that there is more to people than what meets the eye. There’s always some sensitivity in the people who act like nothing can break them, or some insecurity in those who act like they are better than everyone, because downgrading others makes them feel better about themselves. Sometimes
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These labels are not something that should be used in a offensive way. Using one’s religion to label them negatively, or making fun of someone for their sexualty is just another reason why labels can often be used in the wrong way. I believe that no one has the right to just assume things about people because of the way they look, act, or what they believe in, and give them a label that could potentially be offensive and sometimes life threatening. The labels people have been given can lead to them feeling insecure or unsure of who they want to be, when in reality, we were all made to be exactly like we
I’ve looked around in this world and noticed people are judged on how they are viewed and by their actions. Also people are viewed by what they wear. Identity has been taking very seriously in the last decade causing many deaths around the world. Or people will hurt themselve instead of taking their life. Also Identity has caused many people to dropout or not come to school often because they were scared or weren't wearing what other people were wearing. So don't judge people because it kills and ends future so stop judging.
There are many people in this world that will judge based on their perception of life and hold you to the same standards they hold themselves. If I were to live by what others have told me I would never get far. I wouldn't get far because everyone has their own agenda and living by another person's agenda would on stagnate me and advance them. In addition, the world is much bigger than what I see it as. In fact, my brain process about 400 million bits of information per second, but I am only aware of about 2,000 bits of it.
Have you ever known what was really going on in somebody life. Well here's where that phrase ¨ Walking around in someone else's shoes in order to understand them¨ comes in to play. When someone is going through some acts of their life they have the rights on not to be judged. I think people should not be judged just by what they do or how they do stuff because you don't really know their story.
Anyone is allowed to roam the streets and feel free. But they may not always feel protected or safe from the mean things that others want to say. I think that this can also relate to judging someone by what’s on the outside instead of what’s on the outside. Many people are really quick to judge someone of make up things about someone just because of what they look like on the outside. Little do they know is that the person they are judging is such a nice kind hearted person. A lot of people try way to much in order to fit in just because they want to feel
I do not pass judgment towards others however I do expect people to show me the same understanding and respect that I show them. I also take in consideration that their life experience may influence them to have biases, perceptions and an attitude towards me. Another one of my strengths is my ability to see people for where they are and not where they should be. I worked in human services for well over 20 years in some form or fashion. I have had exposure with a vast array of different populations that included the mentally challenged, homeless, substance abusers, geriatrics, and people with HIV and AID’s. All of my relationships were very unique; I always learned and took something away from every one of them. One of the shortcomings that I still struggle with is the high expectations that I place on my
Society often uses labels to devalue an individual. This may cause them to feel ashamed and self-conscious of who they are as a person. The fingers pointing at this young lady in the picture, represents society judging an individual that has not conformed to what society deems the norm. Our society tends to place expectations on people to look or act a certain way. If people are not what is expected, they are considered to be what Goffman says is a “spoiled identity” and perceived as “strange” or “disfigured”. When an individual does not meet these expectations, as the young lady in the picture depicts, they regularly have a stigma of not being as strong as those labeled the norm. This may prevent them from reaching their full potential and
I find it easy myself to fall into this pigeonhole, as do many others. There are many instances where I would find it easy to judge others such as one experience I had while just crossing the street. As I was minding my own business, I crossed the street and took little notice of a car that was heading down the street extremely fast while the driver was using their phone. As our paths were close to meeting, the car abruptly stopped, as I did the same. While the driver impatiently let me go ahead on the crosswalk, and while I hurriedly went on to the other sidewalk, I looked back at the driver in a feeling of judgement. I only had judgement running through my mind as I thought
Jaimie- It’s human nature to label everything and everyone we see. Even from a young age, we are taught distinct labels. We see someone in a dress and we label that person is a girl. We see a boy and a girl together and we label them as a couple. Though these can definitely be false, we still label them exactly how society teaches us to see them. We are also taught to label ourselves. “Is it simpler to put others and ourselves into boxes of predetermined ideas? Is it easier to think we really know who we are instead of actually knowing the truth?” (Why Do We Label People?). It’s usually a surprise to people when they learn that I am attracted to girls, because of the label that is usually attached with the word “lesbian”. I wear makeup
It hurts to be labeled by people, have you ever wondered why it hurts them? Labels can hurt people's feelings if you deliberately inflict these labels onto the other person and most of the time, they do not realize why they act the way they do. People assume things about the other person and this lowers their self-esteem. Most of the time people do not even know the person when they label them with such things as a jerk, idiot, nerd, and over-achiever. Some more labels are meaner face, emo, Goth, gay, bisexual, transsexual, and asexual. The people labeling really do not know them the way you think you do. A quote from feelingmylove.org, “Hurting someone who really cares for you is as easy as throwing a stone in the lake, but you don’t realize
No matter how open-minded a person may claim to be, everyone makes presumptions on first impressions or rumors. Despite seeing someone for only a split second, people make assumptions about others’ attitude, personality, and character! Usually, people tend to notice things that they feel are grounds to pass judgment upon. The quote “ You never really understand a person until you consider things from his point of view.... Until you climb inside of his skin and walk around in it” by Harper Lee is a quote that truly signifies how people should perceive others. Rather than judging someone, people should place themselves in their shoes and try to understand their way of thinking
In conclusion, I'm against warning labels because it doesn’t help people stop eating or drinking these things. Sugar is a killer. Warning labels are a waste of time. Sugar is everywhere. These reasons add up to why i have the right to be against warning labels. Warning labels do not help our society and the young ones.
If you’re in the LGBTQ Community, for me anyways, it hurts when someone yells “That’s gay” because I think, “how so, how are these clothes gay, they didn’t go the nerve-racking choice to tell their parents that they weren’t like the other kids at school.” Yes, they’ve spent some time in the closet, but it isn’t the same. Students can feel ambushed by these words because people use them as an insult. It is suppose to make the person they’re telling feel bad about whatever they are being judged about. How is that okay? What if someone is still in the closet, and you call their outfit gay, you’re saying “you’re outfit looks so bad, so I’m going to call it gay.” It’s also the same with the word “dyke” People feel like it’s bad to be one, when really that person is just being themselves. They would feel hurt and unwanted,
It’s human nature to compare ourselves to others, whether it’s to our family members, peers or even celebrities we see in the media. We base our judgments of ourselves and others on these comparisons. Judging others, sometimes
Has anyone ever wonder, why do we have food labels? Who actually reads food labels? Food labels actually can help limit the number of calories that you put in your diet, you are able to compare one food item with another and choose the most healthier option. Many people actually don’t know that food labels are extremely important especially for people who have a certain disease where they need to watch their diet. One reason is, they can also help you lower your sugar and cholesterol in your diet. People who are diabetics really need to watch how much sugar and cholesterol they put in their body because it could raise their blood pressure. Heart disease is the number one cause of death in the U.S today according to the FDA, many people who
An important quality I seek to obtain is to be open-minded to the opinions of others, and to be respectful of the decisions of the people around me. How other people choose to live their life is up to them to decide on what will and will not make them fulfilled; and, although I may have my opinion on how to live a fulfilling existence, I am not interested or invested in forcing my opinions on others. There are some, however, that have forced their opinions on me in the past-- about how I should live and what I should do with my life. They thought they knew the best ways to live in the immediate, near, and long-term future. A few even went as far as to compare my lifestyle to their own delusional narrative and critique it as if it is their right to criticize. It bothered me a lot, so I believe it is really important to not judge other people on their lifestyle, and choices because it is solely their right to decide what they can and cannot live with.