I wrote about the acceptance of responsibility a while
back as part of an exercise to start listing the attributes that in my opinion
make someone a good role model.
Creating articles for this blog and making
contributions to some forums has involved a lot of research. Much of the
material that I have encountered recently is very disillusioning. I have seen
some horrific revelations about public figures.
These discoveries have inspired me to return
to the subject of role models and associated attributes. This article continues
the exercise with some ideas about bad role models and some attempts to define
the qualities that make a good role model.
Bad role models
Many people are presented by the media as
good examples to follow and emulate. We are given the message that we should
respect these people just because of their power and position and because they
are in the public eye.
Celebrities and socialites, some talentless
and lacking in achievements and with hedonistic, unwholesome or even degenerate
lifestyles, are marketed as examples of success in life and good role models.
After all, anyone who has millions of followers on social media must be doing
something right.
They are the in-crowd and we are outsiders.
The suggestion is that we should admire them for their wealth, fame and glamour
and envy them for and attempt to copy their lifestyles.
