Forced to hypocrisy

Hypocrites are abundant. And maybe most of us possess that quality to some extent. Everyone hates hypocrisy and hypocrisy is indeed worthy of hatred. But still most of us have acted hypocritical at some point of time. Why? Apart from posing to be the special one, perhaps social pressure also forces hypocrisy.

When the beliefs do not match the popular culture, people are forced to hypocrisy to be a part of social circle, or just not to be stereotyped. Being the victim of the mainstream, specially the youths who were never pushed or encouraged to ditch the main road if they had problem, and choose the sideways.

Fake smile because you wouldn’t like to appear sad. When atheism is a sin for your relatives. Not being a novel reader means being stereotyped dumb bitch. Watching unconventional movies make you a psychopath. Loving Justin Bieber makes you stupid. When being homosexual leads to humiliation and punishment. Not being in relationship is a matter of shame. When confessing sexual interest would make you a pervert. When housemaid is a profession too shameful for your mother’s occupation. Your father’s income is so high that you fear others would prey on you. When drinking alcohol makes you a bad person. When not drinking alcohol makes you uncool. When not having a thing for music makes you weird. When loving lone time makes you a loner. When living together without marriage is not accepted. When you cannot afford a smartphone. When straightforward answer might land you to problems, and honesty might not be the best policy to get job. When hypocrisy is all you need to succeed, lying and faking becomes your best weapon.

If one has to lie to the society to be a part of the society, then something is terribly wrong with the society. Social pressure, that force people to hypocrisy, sometimes a must for survival is something that one needs to come up boldly and face it instead of hiding under hypocrisy. I would like to appeal all the square-heads on the round hole, to step up from the hypocrisy and confidently live a free life, and appeal the society to be willing to respectfully accept the uniqueness of the world.

Personally I feel very pessimistic that fake smiles, treasons and pretenders are ever going to go extinct, but the blame is not just on them. Hypocrisy never ends.