Monday, February 9, 2009
Normal
We draw what we call normal form what we class as different, weird or unusual, without this comparison there would be no cause for a normal, but what is it that makes us feel something is weird. Is it that we personally could not imagine doing such a thing or acting or thinking in such a way? Or is it that we could not even imagine the people around us acting in such a way? After all some what is normal food in some cultures would be considered very weird to other cultures, for example cannibalism would seem very unusual to most suburban peoples, but fast food would seem bizarre to a cannibal. This is a version of normal we gain through our surroundings and normally through childhood bassed upon what is common. There are other sorts of normal or not. Sometimes we find thing that define the majority of the people around us and still define them as not normal, such as having a mental illness, dysfunctional family, learning difficulties or sexual and or emotional intimate relationship problems, these things are usually classed as not being normal under the guise that they are not as common as they actually are because people do not like to own up to them and talk about them. People do not like to talk about them because they are seen as being weird or not normal.
Labels:
comparative,
culture,
different,
family,
irony,
mental illness,
normal,
sex,
unusaual,
weird
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