Mmm Peaches...

                All of a sudden I found myself thinking sociology when I was volunteering at the People's Resource Center in Wheaton. I was assigned to give canned fruits to people. Also to give peanut butter to families that have five or more people. Many people walked through to get food for their families. I  noticed that a lot of the families couldn't speak much English so, I assumed that most of them were immigrants. Since, I am in Spanish four, I used some of my skills to communicate with the people. Out of all of the people that came through, only one person really stuck out to me.  

                The man was breaking a few folkways. To start, he had should-length purple hair. In our society, it is socially unacceptable for a man to have long hair, let alone have it colored purple! He was also wearing a skirt. I'm not sure whether he was a transvestite or a drag queen. Either way, it's looked down upon in our society for men to wear skirts (unless they're kilts). This man broke society's unwritten rules. I knew that it was wrong to judge, but I couldn't help myself. There's just something about a man with purple hair wearing a skirt that disturbs me.