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“It’s a whole lot easier to express our unique individuality if there’s a larger community backing us up, reassuring us we’re still socially acceptable.”

Unique Individuality Social Conformity

Book:Superfandom: How Our Obsessions are Changing What We Buy and Who We Are

Source: Superfandom: How Our Obsessions are Changing What We Buy and Who We Are

“... I'd like to get along with them, but in practice, I don't want to have to make concessions to be the kind of person who they would get along with.”

Boundaries Authenticity Self Respect People Pleasing Social Conformity

Book:Goddess Complex

Source: Goddess Complex

“So, a little desperate and surprisingly inspired, I bought a cap. Not just any cap. I picked one with a bright-gold visor, a gold button at the top, a crown of navy blue, an American flag on the left temple, and—on the forehead emblem—a spread-winged eagle over a rising sun and a red-and-green tractor-trailer and the white letters “America— Spirit of Freedom.” On the back, over my cerebellum, was a starred banner in blue, white, red, green, and gold that said “Carnesville, GA Petro.” I put on that hat and disappeared. The glances died like flies. I could sit anywhere, from Carnesville to Tacoma. In Candler, North Carolina, while Ainsworth was outside fuelling the truck, I sat inside in my freedom hat saying “Biscuits and gravy” to a waitress. She went “Oooooo wheeeee” and I thought my cover wasn’t working, but a trucker passing her had slipped his hand between the cheeks of her buttocks, and she did not stop writing.”

Misogyny Lyrical Truckers Vocational Narrative Nonfiction Social Conformity

Book:Uncommon Carriers

Source: Uncommon Carriers

“24. (fr) Psychologists use the term "socialization” to designate the process by which children are trained to think and act as society demands. A person is said to be well socialized if he believes in and obeys the moral code of his society and fits in well as a functioning part of that society. It may seem senseless to say that many leftists are over-socialized, since the leftist is perceived as a rebel. Nevertheless, the position can be defended. 25. (fr) The moral code of our society is so demanding that no one can think, feel and act in a completely moral way. For example, we are not supposed to hate anyone, yet almost everyone hates somebody at some time or other, whether he admits it to himself or not. Some people are so highly socialized that the attempt to think, feel and act morally imposes a severe burden on them. In order to avoid feelings of guilt, they continually have to deceive themselves about their own motives and find moral explanations for feelings and actions that in reality have a nonmoral origin. We use the term "oversocialized” to describe such people. 26. (fr) Oversocialization can lead to low self-esteem, a sense of powerlessness, defeatism, guilt, etc. One of the most important means by which our society socializes children is by making them feel ashamed of behavior or speech that is contrary to society’s expectations.”

Shame Guilt Privilege Postmodernism Self Hatred Leftism Activists Social Conformity Oversocialization

Book:Industrial Society and Its Future

Source: Industrial Society and Its Future