Title: WHAT ARE YOUTH RIGHTS? - NYRA
Headings: WHAT ARE YOUTH RIGHTS?
WHAT ARE YOUTH RIGHTS?
Young people are denied basic human and civil rights.
Young people are at the mercy of parents and older people.
Young people are held to a double standard of behavior.
Young people are subject to false negative stereotypes.
Young people are treated as incapable, even when quite capable.
Young people are segregated from older society.
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Content: While doing some of these things might also be unacceptable for older people in certain circumstances, young people are more likely to be told that these behaviors are a sign of a disorder and that medication is necessary in order to comply with these expectations. Our behavior is defined from an adult point of view. When there’s a difference between what is seen as typical adult behavior and youthful behavior, the qualities of young people tend to be viewed as defects, whereas those of older people tend to be viewed as normal. For example, young people get labeled as “moody,” instead of older people being labeled as “apathetic.” Young people are labeled as “risk-takers” instead of older people being labeled as “afraid to take risks.” While neither tendency is objectively superior to the other, older people hold up their own behavior as the standard by which all other behavior should be judged. Young people are subject to false negative stereotypes. Young people face negative stereotyping in the media, as well as in everyday life. However, stereotypes about young people are often hard to pin down because they contradict each other. Doing the exact opposite of what one stereotype says simply means we’ll be proving another.