When I was Cutting My Hair

Last Sunday, which was april 28th, I went to a hairshop in downtown. I was doing magic ferm, which took about approximately 2 hours. It was enough time to have some chat with my hair designer, and through the talk, I thought about the social role and the image of one in a society.

The Hair designer said
'"Is your father a professor? His hair and overall atmosphere seemes to be like it"
"Did he cut his hair here?" I asked.
"Yes" she replied.
"Then yes, he is a professor."

Then, I had something that went past through my mind.
'How does the hair design and atmosphere relate to the fact that my dad is a professor?'

In a society, everyone is given certain role, and are expected to fulfill their roles. Perhaps, through fulfilling their roles, the groups of people may form similar images that suit their roles. However, I felt that maybe such roles could stir prejudice among people, and about their job. For instance, if a person is unshaved, and wearing wagged clothes, most people would think that that person is not dedicating to high-profitable job such as lawyer or doctor. Meanwhile, if a person is wearing a suit, that is neatly designed, we would generally think that the person is committing to a rather high- profitable job.

There comes the question. Is one's job superior to others? We all know the answer, which is 'no', but does it really? We, cognitively, feel that being a doctor is better than working as a janitor. It is definately wrong to feel such emotion, but social image of one's job affects the overal 'superiorness' of jobs. Social image is not ignorable, but when I was cutting my hair, I felt there were something wrong with this...

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