Compare And Contrast Emos And Goths

Emos and Goths are very different. Both have many things that can define each. In other words, each has things that make them unique. Emos and Goths are different! The following paragraph shows a few reasons. Emos happen to be bullied quite a bit more than Goths. For example, in Baghdad, two young men were kidnapped because they were Emos. In some Middle Eastern countries, Emos are arrested and condemned as “Disciples of Satan,” or as homosexuals (DPA, Hamburg, Germany. 13 March, 2012). Despite the kidnappings and killings of Emos, the Emo subculture is also becoming very popular in Baghdad, especially within the teenagers. “Fadiya, a 19-year-old university student, has suddenly changed her style of clothing and accessories to darker colours. The transformation began a month ago when she discovered the so-called emo subculture,” (Newspaper Source Plus, 14 August, 2011). Not many people realize this rise in Emos though. There are other ways to tell them apart though.
Emos are often seen depressed and/or crying (The Telegraph Online). Emos are often treated worse than a Goth. “The Daily Mail called it a ‘sinister cult’ and warned it was threatening, while Emos themselves, clad in black, their fringes hung over vacant stares, were persecuted the same way the Goth and Mosher subcultures were -- only with a little more ridicule,” (The Telegraph Online). They are only called a “sinister cult” because they don’t believe that they can trust anyone with the secrets of their pasts, simply because people ridicule them. This makes them so much different from