Example Of Conformity In Society

“Conformity is the jailer of freedom and the enemy of growth” John F. Kennedy. This quote is important because conformity can kill everyone’s creativity. It will trap people in other’s people’s thoughts and actions. Media, Social Groups, and the Government can all trap people in and make people conform to many things that we might not believe in because of society.

People conform better when people want to be accepted in a group. Social groups have a huge impact on everyone’s lives. They make people conform in many different ways people didn’t know. One example is on the website genderterror.com, it states, “The definition of conformity is simple; changing one’s behavior due to the real or imagined influence of other people. We conform

Even back in the 1930s, people wanted to be accepted in some groups too. A quote from the website genderterror.com is, “The Holocaust, one of the most horrific events of recent history, can be partially attributed to conformity. Prejudice is a negative or hostile attitude toward an entire group of people. The beliefs and actions carried out against the Jews during World War II were severe forms of prejudice. Since people feel the need to be accepted and liked in their group and will often conform to the group norms even if they do not fundamentally believe in them. By living in a society that unabashedly promotes prejudice, such as Nazi Germany, people are more likely to hold prejudices against certain groups . Society believed Jews were inferior and horrible people and thus, people were more likely to hold this behavior.” The text shows that the Holocaust was tragic but in the Holocaust, people conformed. The Holocaust was about a negative attitude toward Jews. Some people wanted to be in a certain group (like the Nazis) so they could fit in and possibly to be safe. Studies show that people will conform to the group norms even if they do not fully agree with their rules. People can conform even if they do not like the belief because they were being instructed by an authority official. Another quote states, “Apply this to the soldiers of Nazi Germany in World War II. Their commanders told them what they were doing was ok and right, including the highest authority figure in the country. While they may not have completely agreed with their orders, they still obeyed the authority figure like they were taught to. They conformed to the social norm of obeying authority figures and conformed to the idea of what a good soldier and a good German was at the time.” The text from the website means that the commanders for the Nazi’s were ordering soldiers to do something even though the