Aleksandra Ivanova Campos English 10, 5 May 19, 2014 Individuality.
Children grow up and move on to their dramatic teenage years. They make new friends and how they look in other people's eyes start to matter. Their hormones kick in, and they experience rapid changes in their minds, and bodies. They start to develop a mind of their own. This is where the question of individuality comes in. Is a person truly an individual or are they just going with the flow. Logan Feys discusses society and peer pressure in his article "The Sociology of Leopard Man". In his article he states that most of society conforms to the social norm. He also states that most of the people who do outrageous things or dramatically change their appearance are simply seeking for attention. Unlike most people, he recognizes leopard man as a true individual, seeking to find peace in isolation.
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Namibia, Himba girl Deutsch: Namibia, Himba Mädch...In my opinion, a true individual is a person who disregards the social norm and is true to
themselves. Feys states, "Conformity can be seen as the world's most common but dangerous
psychological disorder." I agree with him. Today, we are pressured everywhere to be uniform to our neighbor. Our society rejects individuals because they are the 'unknown'. If you are unique, you can't be predicted, you're not uniformed. Peer pressure is in our schools, homes, jobs, even
churches. Teenagers are discovering themselves, discovering their likes and dislikes, that's why
they are more susceptible to be affected peer pressure. When you don't know who you are,
it's easy to just go with the flow instead of taking a stand.
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The people who go out of their way to change their appearance are also a product of conformity. People who try so hard to be different, and will...