Sunday, September 18, 2011

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This picture is hilariously ridiculous. But this is the type of society we live in. A society that cannot think for itself. A society that has to be directed Where has common sense gone?

As college student, I am increasing my sense that is common. I am learning things about myself, others, and objects I didn't know as a highschooler. I cannot even begin to think of the reasoning where someone would try on a condom in public to see "how it fit". First, they broke into the box and used a condom they didn't use. Second, they had their penis out in public. Where I come from, Irish Catholic suburb kid, this is unheard of.


I want to go through the six aspects of culture: structural, rhetorical, historical, economical, psychological, and political.

1. Sturctural- I do not know the type of person who would try on a condom in public. I cannot tie this act to a race, age group, or sub-culture. They only thing I can assume is that this person is a male. Well, I guess they could be a transexual. But that opens too many doors that I don't want to get into.

2. Rhetorical- Society has a invisible set of rules that fluctuate from person to person. Trying on a condom in public is something that society would frown apon.

3. Historical- This is becoming more and more frequent. People are doing things because they can. When in truth, they shouldn't be doing it. It isn't culturally "normal"

4. Economical- This person technically stole a condom. It would not be good for the store if people continued to try on condoms.

5. Psychological- This person must have some sort of mental disorder. If this person just whipped out their penis, got an erection, opened a condom box, and tried on a condom, IN PUBLIC! They could have been raised in a VERY open household. Maybe their a nudist?

6. Political- This is not politically correct. One would normally purchase the box of condoms and try them on in the privacy of their own home.


"Where should the line be drawn between an individual's own responsibility to take care of herself and society's responsibility to ensure others shield her?" (Jonathan Wald, CNN writer). http://money.cnn.com/2003/01/22/news/companies/mcdonalds/

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