There is a big difference in what society deems as acceptable as opposed to what an individual thinks is acceptable. If I tell you that society would say that this is true about you, that doesn't necessarily mean that it is true about you. It means that society- the culture that you live in that you are product of- says that you are okay.
Do I really want society to say that I'm okay? Do I really want to live on my own for a year just because I need to learn how to be independent because the individualistic society that I live in tells me that as a person and especially as a woman I need to prove myself? Because in almost every other culture of the world, they would call a person who moves away from their your family and living on your own disrespectful and lonely.
Just something to think about- but just because you have a certain experience in society doesn't mean that it is a universal truth. There is only one universal truth. Everything else is just nurture from whatever environment in which you currently reside....
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I totally agree with you. As a black man...I face many pressures in society; family, school, etc. Sometimes I do want to society to approve of me and sometimes I just say, screw em'!
Damn...now I'm going to be stuff with serious thoughts all night...haha..
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