Outliers = Aliens

We live in a society in which we are educated to believe that we should fit into a prototype and if someone does not do it, then we should be a police and punished them though different ways. This week I had the opportunity to read different texts and they show completely different outcomes. In the case of Erauso, Perry claims that "Erauso succeeded winning approval of the self he had endangered because he inscribed on his body the values of his society." Erauso was perceived as a famous and not too rejected personality, while Corbett claims that "Faggot = Loser." In my opinion, both talk about what society believe are outliers and the only thing that changes is how each person decides to live outside the norms and justify themselves in front of society.

In the case of Corbett's essay, faggot is a term used to protect men from the idea of trespassing traditional norms. In fact, this type of attitudes can show a fear and try to alienate the outlier in order to feel as normal in contrast with them. Also, this idea of men claiming that boys will be boys illustrate how there is a pervasive belief of men's superiority. Also, the contact between men is not aproved but only in some rituals. In conclusion, we put too much effort to alienate outliers in order to have a sense of normality and make justice to our effort to fit the prototype. Finally, when there are some personalities as Erauso, who are able to justify their actions in such a convincing way there is no sense to avoid recognizing them as how they are and even admire them.