Over on The Generous Husband, I’ve been doing a couple of posts about conformity. In doing research I came across the following:

Men are, on average, more concerned about appearing to have high status and may be able to demonstrate this status by acting independently from the opinions of others. On the other hand, and again although there are substantial individual differences among them, women are, on average, more concerned with connecting to others and maintaining group harmony. Taken together, this means that, at least when they are being observed by others, men are likely to hold their ground, act independently, and refuse to conform, whereas women are more likely to conform to the opinions of others in order to prevent social disagreement. ~ Person, Gender, and Cultural Differences in Conformity

I’m all for getting along, but not at the cost of your integrity, sanity, or dreams. Sometimes what you want is worth a bit of fuss. And what is right is always worth more than a bit of fuss.

If your default is to back down and go along to get along, please do some praying about it. I don’t think that’s what God wants you to do all the time.

~ Paul – I’m XY, and I’m not a conformer. 

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