Dorothy Smith was the person who talked about the standpoint
theory. The standpoint theory was ne o the main theses that we talked about in
Theories class this week. Standpoint theories tend to help people understand
places, ideas, and other concepts of places or things they don’t know much
about. They are seeing it in an outsider’s perspective. To help me understand
this I always think about someone in a relationship. While someone is in a relationship they will
always have those people who like to voice their opinions about it. People will
always have their parents, siblings, friends etc. in your face about their
opinions. They will constantly be saying stuff like, he doesn’t treat you
right, he doesn’t make enough money, he isn’t right for you. But who are they
to say those type of things. They don’t know what happens 24 hours of the day
or how you feel about that person. I believe this is why people do not
understand why people get back together with someone who cheated on them. Everyone
on the outside is going to think that you are insane and once a cheater is
always a cheater. But the outsider has no right to say anything. It is there
life and they can do what they want. The outsider doesn’t know how good that
person could have made them feel. And maybe getting back with that person was
the best decision they’ve ever made. I feel like people are so bored that they
feel the need to get in your business and voice their opinions for no reason. We
can also see this when it comes to gender and race. People are constantly
having stereotypes against genders and races/cultures. I feel as if we cannot
judge someone completely until we have been in that persons shoes.
Sorry about the depressing video but I thought it was
interesting to see the different types of situations people are in. And from
the outside you can’t tell that they are going through a hard time.
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