The moment you met someone a judgement is formed, conclusions are drawn, and this person determines not only an opinion of you, but also how they plan on treating you. At this point, no matter how valued this person is in your life, they have the power to affect you simply by what they think of you. If you care for their opinion, you will subtly change to compliment their beliefs and, for the most part, do what they ask. If you scorn their opinion, you avoid any likeness you hold between them and fight of any precedence they might hold against you. And, if they have true power over you, they make you believe what they believe as well.
For instance, I have a friend that would do anything asked of her despite what she may want to do. She cares so much about what others think, she would go to any length to impress a good opinion upon them, even if means changing herself. Though she is an extreme instance and many don't want to believe that what others think of them affects them, everyone bends under the pressure of society's judgements.
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How has your question been addressed from what you've/we've read this semester?
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