Social Rejection.

Here are a few examples of social rejection gone bad.

Amanda Todd

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KRxfTyNa24A

Amanda Todd. A 15 year-old girl whom somewhat recently committed suicide because she was bullied (both in real life and cyber) due to her past. She tried to run away from it, started a new life over and over again. Didn't work for her, so she decided to end up her own life.She had friends who turned their backs towards her. Rejecting her because of something that has passed. Is this what we want for the future generation? Seeing one by one ending their own lives just because a few just couldn't get over it. Yes, even though it is her own fault in the beginning, hey, everybody makes mistakes you know?

Here's an excerpt for an article about rejection to the gay community. On how they are discriminated. 

Rejection of Gay Teens Linked to Later Troubles

By Randy Dotinga

MONDAY, Dec. 29 (HealthDay News) - Gay young adults whose families rejected them when they were younger are more likely to have histories of unprotected sex, illegal drug use and suicide attempts, new research suggests.

The findings don't prove that a family's negative reaction to a child's sexuality directly causes problems later in life. But it's clear that "there's a connection between how families treat gay and lesbian children and their mental and physical health," said Caitlin Ryan, a clinical social worker at San Francisco State University and lead author of a study released in the January issue of Pediatrics.

In recent decades, studies have found evidence that gay, lesbian and bisexual children are more likely to suffer from a variety of ills, including depression and suicide. Researchers attribute the problems to social stigma around homosexuality, but there has been a gap regarding the role of families' reactions to children's sexuality, Ryan said.

I'm not saying I'm with the gays. Nor am I saying I'm against them. I don't care. Why should you? I guess the only time you should care is when it's your kid, or yourself. Or when your partner/mom/dad ran off with someone who's gay. Then I guess you could care. Still not a eason to hate on them. It's their own choice. If you have a friend/family who's gay, then the right thing to do is to advice them. Guide them. But NEVER discriminate them. They're still human. No matter what their sexual orientation is.

Next on the list would be people who dress as goths or punks or their favourite character from a sci-fi movie. Basically anything out of the norm. They would be called as freaks, or weirdos, geeks, nerds etc. Is it so wrong for someone to wear something that they are truly into? Why would they be pushed about just because they have a little bit more passion than us on something? They should be respected for being themselves rather than go about and just fake themselves just because they needed to be accepted. That's not right. People should be themselves. No matter what others say. Everybody has their own personality. It's what makes us unique. 

References : 

• http://health.usnews.com/health-news/family-health/brain-and behavior/articles/2008/12/29/rejection-of-gay-teens-linked-to-later-troubles
• http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Suicide_of_Amanda_Todd

Judgement and Society

No matter how much we'd love to deny it, it is a fact that Judgement and Society do get along pretty well. We can't really blame anyone here. I think it is in the human nature to judge people. I guess the saying "don't judge a book by it's cover" is not everybody's cup of tea. Doesn't matter if we like it or not, we do judge but there are some people who take it to the next level. Judging someone based purely on their outer appearance is bad. Really bad. In the article written by William Samboer, entitled 'Judging Others: Do We Have the Right to Judge Others?' , William wrote :

" Do we have the right to judge? To judge others, I mean. I have always held the view that judgment on others, whomever it might be, are by nature an evil which we can very well do without. But it appears that it is however at times difficult to abstain from this offence. We are by nature creatures of opinion, and therefore tempted at times to pass judgment on others. "

 See? Based on Mr Samboer, judging is an evil which we can very well do without. But it can't be helped. It is somewhat in the human nature. However, I am pretty sure we can tell our inner devils to just keep the opinions to ourselves though most of the society these days tend to just spread other people's flaw to one another. The victim, however, would suffer a whole lot especially when he/she has a weak spirit.

Nowadays, you would be judged if you're different. To those who loves to judge, it doesn't matter if you have a good quality in you (unless it would be a benefit to them). I guess, these days you get judged for everything you do. People talk about the way you walk, talk, dress, your sexual orientation, your religion, your cat, your dog and maybe even the way you blink. If it's different from the norm, then be prepared.

However, the outcome varies by your social standing. Either way, they should know better than to just decide wether if it's a good book just by looking at the cover rather than take a good read of it.


References :

• http://voices.yahoo.com/why-judge-others-judgement-society-99744.html?cat=9
• http://voices.yahoo.com/judging-others-we-right-judge-others-97697.html?cat=9

Vague

For my assignment, I chose 2 topics.

1. Biased judgment.
2. Social rejection.

But then I thought to myself, hey, why not just combine both? Since in today's society, these two things are amazingly common. I'm not really sure how I'm going to label this and that's why I chose the word "Vague".