Jaimie-It Means To Label People

People are told and conditioned what to believe the things that they believe. People label others in order to learn more about the person that they are. People examine the ideologies and the actions that other people portray along with those beliefs. People expect a certain label to be followed by a specific attitude or action based off this label, which is not true. This would be unintentionally stereotyping a certain group.

A label has the power to define the individual or group of individuals being identified. That power is equal to control (Koppelman, 2011). Both can have a positive or negative effect. Unfortunately, the labels used by the majority are meant to have a negative effect. In fact, the labels are meant to demean and hurt as much as possible. They are so negative that there seems to be the intent to drive the labeled individual and/or group away, so they are no longer present and able to interact with the majority.

Labeling happens all over the world, labeling mostly happens in negative ways. Labeling was the number one reason for hate in the 1900’s. Labeling was the biggest reason for Hitler killing the Jews, the Salem Witch Trial, Joseph Stalin, and Slavery by labeling the blacks, and Isis wanting to kill everyone and take over. Labeling rarely happens in a good way it is mostly 90% negative.

Societal views have been changing since the beginning of time, and they still are morphing, but one that has not changed is labeling others because the rest of the world does. People used to think that African Americans were a disease and were not

Everybody has gone through high school, and was put into one of those groups. Labels in my opinion are important, they give a person a sense of belonging to a group or club. I was considered popular in school, so I conformed to fit in. In order for me to be considered as one of the popular kids, I had to dress up and be one of the funnier ones in the group. While lables can be a good thing, they also can be a curse.

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 identify as a straight female. Although in the past I’ve only had white partners, I am attracted to a spectrum of men. Throughout my life I have always told myself that I was only interested in men. As I approached college more and more I became slightly more interested in women. I have felt like being attracted to men is what’s considered to be socially correct and so I fit into the cookie cutter. These ideas and thoughts are something I’ve only shared with two people.

By labeling people into certain groups gives a representation of a societal segment. Each segment represents that particular group. Labels can be used to build someone up, or to break someone down. We have African Americans; but not all African Americans represent the Black Lives Matter Protest. Muslim Americans; but not all Muslim Americans are a part of ISIS or Radical Islam. White Americans; but not all White Americans belong to the Ku Klux Klan. That is only three labels, and I think they are all equally harsh. We are all human and do not have that right of judgement. Only our one Higher Power that of which we choose or not to choose to believe in has that right of judgement upon us. So labeling presents a very big problem. If you

Why does society feel the need to label everyone as if they have to fit a certain category? As people, we crave unification and perfection, but labeling only destroys it. For centuries society has been forcing labels onto people whether it actually defines them as person or not. False labeling happens too often, and it unfairly defines a person. In Shakespeare’s play Taming of the Shrew and the movie 10 Things I Hate About You the characters, Katherine and Bianca, are victims of societal labeling, therefore being only who other expect them to be, unable to form original personalities and reach their full potential.

Yes. Being labeled for because of the choice I made did carry a certain stigma and stereotype because everyone classifies me as the bisexual "curious" chick. Everytime this happens I politely tell them "I have a name and I prefer to be called by it". Do NOT call me anything else beside by

“ Labels are for clothes, not people - unknown (Al - Husaini). Labels, or stereotypes, have the potential to harm and negatively impact society even when the label does not correctly apply to the individuals they were placed on. Judging people without getting to know what kind of personality they have often leads to misjudgment. There are a lot of people who are under an untrue stereotype and it affects everyone. Stereotypes can be defined as an image given to people based on the type of person they are or something they belong to and is believed by a lot of people, and they impact our society in many ways (Stereotypes).

Sexuality is an issue that has been widely discussed and has often been misunderstood by society. It has often been a misconception by members of the heterosexual community that all lesbians want to be men. Through applying common sense, it can be understood why people may think gay women want to be men when looking in on the lesbian community, some lesbians prefer to express themselves and their sexuality through the way they dress and act; their short hair, masculine clothing, wearing no make-up and their macho

Today in society people are starting to gradually become more open to the transvestite community. Some people take pleasure in dressing as the opposite sex in society. Even though someone dresses as the opposite sex doesn’t mean that they still couldn’t be attracted to the opposite sex. When people see a male or female dressed as the opposite sex their automatic assumption is that there gay but that’s not always the case. A male or female might want to dress in the opposite sex because either they don’t want to be labeled by their clothing or they like to wear clothing that suits them best.

The majority of labels that are used to define people in modern society have been fabricated by human society. People are given a variety of different names that create a stereotyped image of people such as “thugs” because they appear to be struggling, “Ghetto” because they are considered to be a substandard, “Ching Chong” because of the way they sound speaking their own language. The devastating truth, yet unsurprising fact is that people continue to allow society to label them and let it define who they are because of this assigned label. Labelling a human is like giving a puppet a face

“Im not straight, and I 'm not gay. I don 't like the terms ‘queer’, ‘bisexual’ or ‘pansexual’. I 'm tired of sexual labels altogether. I just want to be who I am and not have to explain myself to anyone.” “Sometimes, I feel as though I will never find someone who loves me.” These are some of the thoughts of people worldwide. “I want to belong somewhere too”, or “I will never find someone who loves me.” How many of you have ever felt like that? How many of you know someone who has felt like that? Being categorized as a non-gender has a powerful impact on their lives. The people who are categorized, have to hide their true identity and fake who they are. There are many people around us that are faking their sexual orientation. Sadly, the