Monday, April 6, 2009

Rational relativity 2

One reason for the suffering of being young is the difficulty to relate to reality.
The mental well being is bad among many teenage girls who feel an enormous pressure from family, friends, school and society in general. The image of the perfect young woman is shown on signposts, in magazines, in movies and television and almost everywhere else.
At the same time, there is a systematic discrimination of women in many societies.
For the individual the difficulty is to relate to all these diverse and strong impulses.
If there is a hang-up in any of these aspects the suffering can be great.
To avoid this, the general principle for rational relativity is not to relate to "me" but to the "good for all". If the individual can ask: "What is good for all in this particular situation?" the pressure is transferred from "me".
The answer to the question is normally that the individual has a role that is quite acceptable in every situation. All situations are certainly not acceptable, but also the way out of a difficult dilemma can be acceptable.

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