• Question: What change would you like to make in society?

    Asked by anon-184175 to Tom, sarahhodge, Owen, Nathan, Lorna, Abbie on 7 Nov 2018.
    • Photo: Abbie Jordan

      Abbie Jordan answered on 7 Nov 2018:

      If this is something I would like to happen and be part of then I would like to make people more tolerant and accepting of difference. We see this everyday in the news from bullying at school to racial issues. But I also see it in my work in terms of young people who experience ongoing pain (my research area) feeling different and not accepted by their friends and other people at school because they are different. That’s not the case of all at all but it is a big problem and I think if we can all become more tolerant and embrace out differences, the world would be a much happier and more peaceful place.

      Maybe that is too pie in the sky though.

    • Photo: Nathan Hook

      Nathan Hook answered on 8 Nov 2018:

      I think identity politics is unhealthy and causing a lot of social ills and injustice. A lot of concepts that we take for granted are actually very recent – for example, having a sexual identity (as straight, gay, etc.) only dates back to the 19th century. Before that people had a disposition / preference (like having favourite colour or type of food) but did not define themselves by it. Forming a concrete identity around a personal preference is not healthy.

    • Photo: Tom Gallagher-Mitchell

      Tom Gallagher-Mitchell answered on 15 Nov 2018:

      I think we can all aim to action change within our own communities, we can be our own advocates. In terms of society I think one of the big issues is child and adolescent mental health, the impact of social media on this and how we teach young people the skills in becoming resilient young adults.

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