From the time we are born, labels are all around us. Harmless little terms such as “Mommy and Me Time” or “Playtime” are phrases we come to learn and understand as we grow, and introduce us to the whole concept of placing labels on things in our lives.
The very idea of placing labels on things is a very human thing to do. In a world of chaos, we find it comforting to be able to place a nice little label on something and pack it away in a little corner of our mind where it can be with other like-labeled things. We are creates that find comfort in order, and by place labels on otherwise unlabeled things, we can create order in our life.
We label everything in our lives, including ourselves. The labels we, and others, place on ourselves are perhaps the most influential. They impact the way that we perceive ourselves and how others see us as well.
Labels also play into the idea of stereotypes. In fact, it is often in labels that we are able to distinguish stereotypes. In society,......
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