Social Conditioning

School systems are used as an example of institutions that reward docility and compliance. Social, religious, familial, and cultural imprints are treated as marks that can shape the person away from their original condition. Adapting oneself to fit external systems can cause people to make parts of themselves wrong. Influences are described as constantly attaching themselves to a person. Conditioning begins from birth through parents, adults, teachers, priests, society, religion, family structures, and national atmospheres. The article attributes self-invalidation to social conditioning rather than to an inherent human flaw.