Social Psychology Final Paper

I’ve had my moments questioning my existence; do I not exist as anything more than

science functioning as part of society? Or does my soul actually exist and stand for something

unique? But I have decided for myself that a soul exists within the science that I am made up

of, and somewhere in there my ancestors have left me with the idea of a controlling society. A

society, a culture, which labels you human and sex. A society that hands you everything you

need to survive. But not everyone is that fortunate. In non western culture people must fight to

survive. They don’t have the luxury of a grocery store to collect food at, a variety of clothing to

protect their skin, or an education system to ensure their intelligence. What it is is survival of the

fittest at its best; western tradition has taken advantage of the earth and the animal way, in order

for its own people to survive. Sometimes it is difficult for us to see the flaws in our society, but

that is because we are trained to ignore society. We see through “western” lenses. We see the

world the way we do, not because that is the way it is, but because we have these ways of

seeing.

We see ourselves as better than others. Not just as Americans, but as humans. Our

caveman ancestors must have seen animals, noted that we are different looking, and decided

from then on that we will be. Since then, throughout our history we’ve built a system which

degrades animals and holds humans on a pedestal. Animals are no longer beings that roam the

earth and exist in their own world interconnected. They are on display for humans to look at

in zoos and in their homes as pets. They exist in our text books as something to learn about

and something that humans live separate from. Animals are stupid, not nearly as intelligent at

humans. They cannot talk speak or dress or shop or take care of themselves. This is how animals

exist in our world. This is our world, this is