Summary Of An Individual's Well-Being By Henry Young

In Young's argument he believed differentiated citizenship should be allowed to have individuals to remain true to themselves and their needs. Young believed that population was not predictable but wanted. He argues when it comes to the homogeneous public it leads to oppression, because of the results from the people voting for the public’s well-being. Young says that the public’s well-being is chosen by what the majorities’ wants and needs. “In society where some groups are privileged while others are oppressed, insisting that as citizens persons should leave behind their particular affiliations to adopt a general point of view serves only to reinforce that privilege." (Young pg. 257) I feel that this benefits to aid in the public sector. Young proposes that the gap between the privileged and oppressed could have potential to be shortened, but he does not say that it will be easy for the groups to thrive. I think that it is not the best idea by not holding every person to the same standard is not very beneficial. I think that we live in a male-centric society based upon the facts mentioned by Young that women on maternity leave are put on disability. Pregnancy is a normal part of a women’s cycle in life, and should not be judged based upon their ability
to reproduce as well as having to adhere to a men’s lifestyle.
I learned that His idea that groups can represent themselves to serve as protection against is based on self-interest.
That if individuals are responsible in the group no one can be falsely accused or over-generalized claims, otherwise it can be back fired at the group. It keeps individuals from being allowed to over analyze claims about the people. Young says that, ideally, a population should operate as a "rainbow coalition" (p 265). However, social groups work together, rather than compete with one another, this is an example of how our system works now. Young also states that the NAACP and the Whales for democratic attention should not be categorized as the same thing but they are both constantly in
competition.
Therefore, the most important point is that inequalities exist due to the differences that are not seen as positive nor viewed as possibilities for a variety of discourse, but as deviancy or deficiency. Based on this, individuals are afraid to differentiate the fear that they will be treated as less than equal. Young believes that cultural assimilation and blindness, along with gender blindness, only limit people's ability to be seen at their full capacity. An examples of affirmative action and comparable worth. I feel that it is like making a wrong turn in order to deal with the issue individuals have when it comes to inequality. Affirmative action is aimed to help everyone’s needs no matter what category they are in. For example, Native-Americans have different struggles than an African-American that lives in the city.As well as a woman’s-domination where careers are forced into a male’s-career, ignoring a few important differences between male and female in an attempt to fit women into a male-centric system.