A topic in class that really struck my interest was when we talked about labels and how many times we categorize people with labels. In class the example was the homosexual friend and getting the friend to acknowledge that they are in fact homosexual. However, it was discussed that even the word homosexual is a label and caused many questions on actually what it is. The same issue can be seen with many other things such as race, age, and gender. We have become so accustomed to labeling people throughout society that we are sometimes oblivious to it. Furthermore, I was curious about what society would be like without labels and if society could function without them. In my opinion, I believe that labels are needed for society to function, but are actually bad to have. Society cannot function without labels because it is how our country is ran and how it has been for many years. If there was an immediate change, then people would not know what to refer to people as. In addition it can cause more harm than actually help due to conflicts that people feel that labels should stay and that labels should not stay. There could also be a group of people who will not even argue the subject because they will not even want to be a part of it. Despite all this labeling is still wrong. Though a society without labels may seem unattainable right now, there is still hope that one day people will refer to people as just people. To me labeling can be compared to smoking cigarettes in that smoking may satisfy the urge of nicotine in the present. However, in the future is when they really do the most harm to people.
I completely disagree with your opinion about how societies need to label others to function. "Labeling" is the exact same thing as stereotyping. When you label someone, whether you label someone as White or Homosexual or etc., you are distinguishing them from the fact that as one we all are human. We may not look the same, but we all deserve the same respect, because we are all the same. So no, I believe a society can completely succeed, if not better, without labeling others. For without labels, we would see equal respect.
ReplyDeleteI completely disagree with your opinion about how societies need to label others to function. "Labeling" is the exact same thing as stereotyping. When you label someone, whether you label someone as White or Homosexual or etc., you are distinguishing them from the fact that as one we all are human. We may not look the same, but we all deserve the same respect, because we are all the same. So no, I believe a society can completely succeed, if not better, without labeling others. For without labels, we would see equal respect.
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