I Am a Man and I Am Opressed

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I am a man and I am oppressed
I love studying living organisms, different species, particularly the most complex ones, like homo sapience, and I prefer to assume they are rational, and no one would volunterily submit to unfounded wrongdoing. No one would be oppressed or be oppressive if only the groundwork of distress pattern was not laid for imposing mistreatment. Oppression is socially condoned, systematic denial of basic human needs, it’s a disease placed in the minds through different institutions, embedded in laws, customs, norms, histories, morals of the society, with an explanation “this is just the way the world is”. This is so wrong, so ridiculous and so sad. Societies are full of lies, stereotypes and illusions. The world is not just the way it is. Experiences become internalized, people form stigmas, subconscious associations,and begin to perceive certain actions as oppressive even if they were not. This kind of inflexible thinking as a result of accumulation of distractive patterns linked to bad incidents create oppression. Subsequently, people assume it is their own faults and flaws. Our mind is very vulnerable. Genes play part of who we are, but external world makes the other part to make us a whole entity. The real question is what conditions we are imposed to. I am far from saying humans are passive and submit to all dominations of any condition. On the contrary, we are the only species capable of thinking intelligently,to reason.
But there are no identical entities in this universe, not even two electrons are absolutely identical, thus no two environmental situations are exactly the same to be addressed in the same manner based on an experience. New condition is new and that is its beauty of it. Intelligence is c...

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...s, there’s no burden on their shoulders and that he or she is a person whose mental, physical abilities will be recognized universally. They should be nurtured, cared, held,loved in the same manner in spite of the gender.
Closeness to other human being is inherent need for all humans. which is involved with the subtle complexities of our existence with the rational interaction of one intelligence with another.
Don’t fell into the trap, break the system, break the stereotype, don’t be afraid to show closeness, humanness, all people are human beings. Appreciate, love a person not a bad, masculine, cold and tough man, who tries his best to conform the norms, not the feminine women who caries her self-esteem, appearance, fall in love with an individual his/her ambitions, interests, intelligence, emotions, not with the materialistic wealth. Be real. Be best of yourself.

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