Normativeness Quotes

“Normative mind tends to be naive.”
― Toba Beta, Master of Stupidity

“The middle-class standard of the independent self has increasingly become the default American standard for how to think, feel and act in the world…this middle class self is not just a matter of individual attitudes or beliefs; it is an understanding of what it means to be a person that is built into and promoted by the social machinery – law, politics, education, employment, media, and health care of mainstream American society. Although the independent self is widely accepted as the cultural standard, it is not the natural, normal, neutral or even the most effective way of being a person. Instead, it is a privileged and culture-specific understanding of what it means to be a person that flows seamlessly from the resources, opportunities, and experiences linked with middle-class American standing in society.”
― Susan T. Fiske, Facing Social Class: How Societal Rank Influences Interaction

“The ordinary majority cannot transcend their tiny worldly view in terms of thought and behavior due to their very design.”
― Sov8840

“The ordinary majority cannot transcend their worldly view in terms of thought and behavior, which means it is only a microscopic space on Earth that means their whole existence to them.”
― Sov8840

“Questions like “Is this normal?” or “Am I weird?” reveal how deeply the concept of being “normal” is embedded in the subconscious of the ordinary majority. They don’t mean “Is this ordinary?” or “Am I a product of a photocopy?” when they ask these things, of course. In fact, they are not even consciously trying to conform to norms, even if their words might suggest otherwise. It is simply that they have internalized the association of the word “normal” with the idea of “good.”
― Sov8840