What Defines Society?

Society consists of all the individuals that make up a community. These individuals differ in race, views, appearance, and background. However, morals can corrupt this society, or cause it to have flaws. It is these flaws that have a negative effect on particular individuals.

Insecurity often leads individuals to follow the norm of society. This “norm” however is based on corrupt morals. Certain individuals who possess self-confidence often act or dress a certain way. When these confident individuals look down on others, who possess a lower self-confidence, the people who have this lower self-confidence often conform or change in order to be accepted by this confident individual. When all these people conform, they form what is known as the “norm.” Morally, if you are happy with your decisions, you should not feel the pressure to conform to be accepted. It is through derogatory glances or excluding individuals that these confident people gain the power to lead the norm.

I consider this a “flaw” of society. Individuals like those who decide to dress differently in Second Life, feel uncomfortable expressing their true self in reality. They feel uncomfortable because those in the “norm” treat them in a negative way. This is a flaw because I feel that in a community, everyone should be accepted regardless of how they choose to express themselves, given that this expression is safe. Thus, when everyone does not feel comfortable expressing himself or herself because of this norm, this is the “flaw of society.”