The Sociology of Leopard Man

The Sociology of Leopard Man

Logan Feys, a man with many opinions, only some of which I would agree with. Although Feys proves a few of his claims he fails to provide enough evidence to support his final claim.

His first claim was "To be human means that you are innately different from others." This is true because as humans we are born with certain characteristics that separate us from those of societies. For example, I had a friend that was very intelligent, and he didn't care if he was called a nerd, he just did what he was good at. Also, I had another friend who was an athlete who was very good at what he did and didn't care what other people said to him he just did what he was taught to do. Also, When Logan Feys says that those unique non-conformists were people who didn't fall into societies pressures; with that sentence he supports this claim. For example, that intelligent person I knew was a total non-conformist and he didn't care what anybody thought, and that athlete also didn't care and he strived to accomplish his goals of becoming a better baseball player. These people are examples of Feys' first claim.

His second claim was also true; it was "Society pressures individuals into conformity." I definitely agree with this claim because peer pressure plays a huge role on the decisions made by teens in today's society. The intelligent person I knew was pressured into doing drugs and since then started making bad decisions, he is now a swag master who fails all of his classes and doesn't care about school. Also, That athlete that I knew also started to do drugs and he has since gained lots of weight and stopped playing baseball. These two people are also examples of Feys' second claim.

His final claim on the other hand in fairly biased and based on generalizations. When he says" Indeed, plenty of weird people do have serious mental problems. But so do plenty of "normal" people. Who are the con-artists, the spouse-beaters, the child-molesters of the world? They are, overwhelmingly, the priests, the lawyers, the socially upstanding next-door neighbors of the world." I don't agree with at all he is making too much of a general statement. He is stating that most priests, most husbands and adults are child molesters and spouse-beaters, granted there are a few, sick people out there who take advantage of the situation they are in, but it is not all priests all husbands and all adults. Also, he is stating that most conformist are ill in the head when in reality they probably just want somebody to accept them. Priests and husbands were not good examples at all for this claim.

In conclusion, Logan Feys idea of conformists and non-conformists are pretty spot on but the examples he used were a bit drastic and out of hand on the other hand though Logan Feys stated his idea quite clearly in