Tuesday, November 17, 2009
The pressure to cover
What Yoshimoto means when he says that mainstream is a myth is even thought may people in society go along with an idea or norm. The people going along with it are still different. Basically if everybody is different then a normal person is the exception to the rule. Being unusual is usual, people just hide that they are unusual becoming the many that act the same and dress the same. People who are mainstream are still different from their counter parts , to make up for this many people overcompensate to become mainstream so that they will fit in with the rest of society. Thus mainstream is a myth, created as a byproduct of popular culture, covering, and conforming to meet the regulation standards of our society. While our society gives the impression that there is a mainstream, it is only an illusion cast by the facade that many people live their lives behind.
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Good blog in general, I just have two disagreements. The first is your posit that the normal person is abnormal. It may just be due to wording, but I believe it would be more accurate to say that either 1) There is no such thing as a truly "normal" person or 2) That a normal person is an anomaly, but is not "abnormal." Secondly, there is such a thing as a mainstream, but as Yoshino said, it only works when applied to narrow characteristics such as sexual orientation, meaning that being straight is more prevalent thus the "mainstream" factor. Finally, his name is Yoshino, not Yoshimoto for future reference.
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