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I don't think it's an issue of people being interested in how they label themselves so much as society being interested in labels for people. If you come out as
by karpierz 5y ago
I don't think it's an issue of people being interested in how they label themselves so much as society being interested in labels for people. If you come out as gay, suddenly there are a load of assumptions placed on you about how you speak, dress, act, what your hobbies are, etc. People adopt identities in these cases because society has preconceived notions of the identity, not because the individual themselves has decided that they want to make a big deal out of their identity.
- inglor_cz 5y agoThis is a vicious circle. Gays or non-whites are now expected to vote for certain parties (depending on country) etc., and reap bewilderment at the very least if they do not comply with the expectations. There is, for example, a fairly famous author (Ayaan Hirsi Ali), who is a Somali ex-Muslim, and she says she was having really hard time from the Dutch left when she lived there. Her ideas simply did not fit the preconceived concept of an African immigrant.
- colechristensen 5y agoWell there are three separate interests * self labeling * others labeling you * how others are labeled any of the three can become unhealthy when overdone, and different people have different amounts of interest in the three. They each have a set of problems associated with them. I wouldn't go out of my way to say any one in particular is more of an issue. (i.e. they're all issues in different ways)