Show 0 why we do 0 0 WW what we do 0 a 0 by M K X THOMSON ph D WHY WE ARE SUBJECT I 1 TO ro SOCIAL PRESSURE THERE sherid is a lot or of hard work and A dirty work that Is classed as drudgery no one would do such were it not for the force of necessity and bobial pleasure thelama The sama same Is true regarding certain parts of almost any task there la Is some drudgery and hard bard work in connection with the most desirable positions we naturally shrink from what la Is too difficult for us as or Is decidedly dis tasteful it requires some spec lal force to 6 keep us at it and this ahli force its Is social pressure social pressure Is the force that society exerts over the tie individual to make him toe the mark to make him ik a good bobial animal for rez example ample because society places a premium on education the boy la Is sent to school and kept there despite his desire to be out dut playing luteron acter on the same force forc e keeps him ito to his college course or working forking bard tomake to make himself master in some trade or profession to follow in hi the future none but the social outcasts such to is tramps and bums escape social pressure and even these are not altogether free they must obey the laws of the state the man wh who ovio violates tb the 0 rules of polite society Is ostracized traci zed andje and if be he violates the laws of df the state be lands in jail on every hand the social icren tightens on an every one who would in the least evade the social code social pressure functions through rewards and punishments these may be in the form fora of material things tuch such as money gold medals prizes 0 or they may be honors social recognition position of trust aal responsibility power over others etc elc the remarkable thing about nebout social pressure is that tt it operates against the great and good ss fis welt well as against the criminal every one who undertakes to do things in his own way is likely to feel the force of social pressure society Is suspicious auspicious of at all I 1 innovations novat hovat ions we are subject to social pressure because we cannot help ourselves we are born in it the individual is helpless against society there Is no way of avoiding the tha ever present social pressure Q by mcclure syndicate |