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Have you tried to create social change? If so, how?
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If you haven't heard the term social change, it can mean a lot of things, such as:
So, have you tried to create social change? If so, how? I'd love to hear your stories.
If you're okay with it, The Mix might also share some of these ideas to give inspiration to other people who are interested in creating social change.
If you're reeeaally interested in this, we're also looking for people to write an article or create a TikTok for The Mix about their experiences with creating social change.
I feel like I've said 'create social change' too many times in this post.
Create social change.
- Giving a presentation at school about social issues
- Being an ally to marginalised communities
- Raising awareness of social issues
- Taking up leadership or governing roles
- Speaking to your friends about issues you care about
- Political campaigning
- Protesting
- Voting (if you're old enough)
- + much much more!
So, have you tried to create social change? If so, how? I'd love to hear your stories.
If you're okay with it, The Mix might also share some of these ideas to give inspiration to other people who are interested in creating social change.
If you're reeeaally interested in this, we're also looking for people to write an article or create a TikTok for The Mix about their experiences with creating social change.
I feel like I've said 'create social change' too many times in this post.
Create social change.
All behaviour is a need trying to be met.
The truth resists simplicity.
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Being a university student, I always aim to focus my assignments around the historical and psychological changes around the term sexuality. I believe it's been one of the greatest social changes of all, which is still evolving.
What changes or trends stand out to you the most?
I used to be part of a group in my young carers that work at creating change … I’ve been part of conferences where my last one (before covid) I actually shared my story of being a carer and chaired that conference.
And we’ll I’m always very passionate about creating space and change for young and young adult carers as the team probably already know 😅
We might have heard this once or twice.
Every little helps! What makes you so interested in those issues Amy?
I'd say lately I've seen a lot of injustice towards women and the LGBTQIA+ community a lot and I feel like there needs to be more justice for them as I keep seeing things on the news specifically hate crime and its sad to think that minority groups are been affected. I don't know I would say that I've always been a supporter of the community but I am also willing to learn more and I am open to learning better.
@Mike just once or twice
I know when I’ve done Instagram Takeovers in the past for the topic young carers around the awareness days etc there has always been some sort of feedback saying there’s things I’ve touched upon that people didn’t realise.
I know the Young carers chat that was set up here has been a lifeline for some and brought new people in who didn’t know the Mix existed … especially a chat specific for them , as that’s something that there is very few and far between.
I think what people don’t realise is there’s lots of little things that we do , that help push towards change . Whether it’s Sharing a post , Writing about personal experiences or signing petitions … it all adds up .
The sexual liberation of women is something I'm particularly interested in. It fascinates me the way female sexuality has always been something of interest.
Historically, we lived in a very religious society. Sex as a source of pleasure was sinful and women were the main victims of stigmatisation. Devout Catholics blamed women's sexuality for the downfall of man. You would expect abstinence, but instead women would be raped and shamed.
As science evolved, sex for pleasure became much more acceptable, however women still fell victim to judgement, unlike men. Evolutionary scientists insisted that women were naturally not supposed to be promiscuous like men, and that they should remain pure.
As time has progressed, there has been so much activism for female sexual liberation - it's being spoken about so much more and is much more widely accepted. However, the stigma still exists. Women who have had multiple sexual partners are judged and not wanted by the same men who have also 'slept around'. Feminist science isn't being taken seriously and the focus is very much on outdated research conducted by straight white males.
@M3GANx04 that's such a fascinating whistlestop tour of female sexual liberation. The changes are so stark when you lay them out in that way, and likewise how we still see the echoes of that archaic thinking now, particularly in deeply socially conservative parts of the world.
Do you mind if I ask: what are you planning to do when you finish uni? Think you'll stick to the passion for women's rights and justice (and if so, how)?
@Millie2787 your input in the conferences sounds so cool! It's amazing how much more useful those things become when people inject lived experience and expertise. I also think you hit the nail on the head about those smaller changes adding up to a wider social change. I know I'm guilty sometimes of forgetting that everything adds up to keep the world moving, and these things are always incremental. Makes you really respect the grind that people like you put in.
@Amy22 sounds like empathy is a big driver for you, which is awesome. You mentioned in a previous post that you don't think you've done any social change yet. What would you say the barriers are to you doing something you would consider substantial or meaningful?
I don't know I think self-motivation and the fear of beind ridculed is something that has gotten in the way of me making actual physical change.