Question of the Day

[ayoub]

Do you feel pressured to conform?

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Not at all :D

Comments

[avis-noctis.livejournal.com]

Nope. :D

[bronxelf-ag001.livejournal.com]

Yes.

[spacedlaw.livejournal.com]

No.
Well I can feel some pressure at times, but I just ignore it.

[nowsheshines.livejournal.com]

Yes, definitely. I get bombarded with so many messages that tell me I am not good enough the way I am. I try not to give in. I love being myself.

[dishapeaches.livejournal.com]

Not one bit! I've always done my own thing, no matter what anyone said or thought. Hell - I try my best to NOT conform.

[katamphigorical.livejournal.com]

I feel more pressure to rebel than to conform. So i do either as i see fit.

This weekend, rebellion. >:}

[kingdavey.livejournal.com]

Yes, so I turn it round and rebel. Hence the long hair, the beard and weird jewellery

[danicia.livejournal.com]

Nope, none at all.

[brenda-in-sepia.livejournal.com]

Once in awhile, but most of the time I'm okay with being the weird brainy girl. I've even been introduced to new co-workers as, "This is Brenda, she's a little strange, but you'll get used to it."

[brenda-in-sepia.livejournal.com]

I new a guy who in high school who wouldn't leave the house unless he was in a three piece suit, two-tone wing tips, and a fedora. He said he was rebelling against the rebellion.

[kingdavey.livejournal.com]

I could do that, but in the working environment I'm in getting dressed up is the norm.

[brenda-in-sepia.livejournal.com]

But is long hair still considered rebellious?

[alainn-mactire.livejournal.com]

Yes. Almost constantly...

Not that I do actually conform to general society, but sometimes I think I'm going to lose everything if I don't.

Sometimes I have been known to conform in other ways though - saying what someone wants to hear or feels comfortable hearing, rather than what I actually want to say. Not often, but it happens.

[kingdavey.livejournal.com]

When everyone else around here (and in catering) has short hair, Yes.

[brenda-in-sepia.livejournal.com]

Hmmm, must be a British thing. I've worked in restaurants for the last decade and known many a long-haired chef/caterer. But you Brits have always been a bit stuffy. You and your tea. And crumpets. I don't even know what the hell crumpet really is. A pastry, obviously, but it's probably all jammy and British. Kay, I'm just rambling now, you can stop reading. :)

[kingdavey.livejournal.com]

LOL

[mighty-rontor.livejournal.com]

In some ways. We are, after all, a social species. If you live in any society at all, you conform; you agree to maintain or further certain common actions or points of view that others in your society have also agreed to in order to live in a state of being that you find desirable. Even if you are thinking of not doing something outside what you think that society will accept because of the possible backlash, you feel pressure to conform.

[mighty-rontor.livejournal.com]

Wow. I wish I had thought of that answer. Well stated. It seems that in the end, we all conform, but the question really should be how often do we defy?

[kabandra.livejournal.com]

In my job yes, because they pay me (or will one day pay me hahaha). But otherwise, never. I used to at the beginning of college, but then found friends who like me for who I am. I'm such a non-conformist that I even conform to some pop-culture things when I want and don't conform when I don't want.

[milagro75.livejournal.com]

While I do care entirely too much about how I'm perceived by other people it's not necc about conformity.

[heardthatnoise.livejournal.com]

I stopped feeling that way a long time ago.

[mussare.livejournal.com]

Working in law enforcement, well, yes, a bit. If I'm in the field I think I rather exert that pressure on others as well...

Personally, nope, not at all.

[spritegirltn.livejournal.com]

I feel people try to pressure me to conform. My family is big into that...does it work? nope not at all. I have a rebellious streak.

[beatzz.livejournal.com]

In high school I did.

Now, I feel like I've shed that second skin I hid behind and the only people around left after that aren't the type to try and change me. It feels good now to breathe easy, grow up and just be myself (no apologies for it, too).

Heh... Boo being all the same! Conformity is such a loser-ish idea.

[donnickcottage.livejournal.com]

I am pressured to do many things. I ignore it all.