Why do people allow their lives to be controlled by social conformity even if it goes against their beliefs?
829081
I will answer your question with a Japanese proverb.\n\nThe nail that sticks up, is hammered down.
463341
they dont want change and dont usually respect others thoughts and beleifs
271983
with regard to human nature: the individual naturally wants to control his own life. They should be conservative. But religious people want you to be government conservative and Church liberal.
1136690
Why be like everyone else?  I don't want to be a conformist!
456568
it depends.i think that if the people's way of life is against your own beliefs,but you still conform to them,then yes,you give up.but if they also represent you,then you are OK!
374903
Your question seems to be based on some non-existent condition. Tolerance doesn't require people to support things they don't support.\n\nPeople actively oppose all manner of things, not the least of which is other people's choice of religion or philosophical beliefs.\n\nYour question seems to lack foundation in fact, you are free to oppose anything you want, just as others are free to oppose your opinions & beliefs.
998136
I think people who try to blend in can be more dangerous in the long run, simply because you can't readily recognize the situations in which they will take advantage of others or act in socially irresponsible ways.\n\nThey're also more apt to go along with the crowd, even if the crowd is wrong.\n\nThose who are more up-front about being their own individual person and not prone to groupthink are at least a little more honest up-front, and you can trust that when they do something, it's because they believe it's right rather than because it's merely convenient or safe.\n\nI think some people are put-off by the non-conformists simply because they don't come across as "team players" or seem to not care about how other people feel or think sometimes. \n\nWhat I've learned in life is that sometimes it's okay to fit in, if I don't have an integrity issue about it, and so earn "capital" that I can spend on the issues that really matter to me. Letting people know I empathize with them or aren't out to just buck the system in general gives me more room to push back when I see something that really needs to be fought against.
858894
Don't any of you people have control over your life? A free being determines what comes into and out of ones life. Why should it bother you what people say even if it true or not true. Your worst enemy can be your  best 'guru'. Your 'reaction' is your choice unless you are a robot.
155004
By not wanting to conform to stringent rules society says we have to obide by when they make no sense.  By wanting to do or say or believe something that society says you can't.  By wanting to be different and make a statement all your own.  By wanting to be an individual instead of part of the heard.  By wanting to be a leader rather than a 'sheep'.  Your own uniqueness as opposed to the mold they want you to fit into.  That is what makes you a rebel.\n\nIs being a rebel bad? nope!  Some of our greatest artists, musicians, thinkers and educators were rebels.  They did what people said they couldn't.  Rebelling isn't bad.  Stand back and let them.  They are finding themselves.
1170553
I think too many people do conform honestly.  Perhaps its a case of them seeming to perform in public.  I try whenever possible to be myself.
105933
People have a need to believe in something outside of themselves. Some people believe in reason. Some people believe in a god. It is what ever works for you and you should not try to put down another’s beliefs
472525
Cause humans are mostly insecure and conformistic.\nThey thus need an easy way out of their dilemmas as well as the relief of afterlife and the feeling of low responsibility adhered by religions(even if their dogma claims otherwise).\nMoreover there is a natural tendency in humans to belong in groups. A strongly structured group requires an opposing group. Religious groups provide both these features in abundance.
604293
I do as long as they don't try to tell me what I am doing is right or wrong and try to push what they believe or their values on me. You have your right to believe in what you want but you have to respect other people's beliefs too.
991932
Because all people have values, morals, beliefs etc. based on what they have been taught and their life experience. - Usually we believe ours to be correct & the other persons to be wrong and we make those pre-judgments based on the above.
1067889
Because people compartmentalize their lives. I do the God thing here, I act this way around those friends, I do these things around others. That's the way a lot of people are. Chameleon's  :)
275845
Because they don't want to lable themselves as a particular type of person. The truth is we all have a place that we wish we could go but we don't. We just don't talk about it for fear of rejection of others.
239925
Very true. People may try to dissuade you from reaching your goal as they have their own opinion on things. If you try to follow the advice of others, you may not be happy. Follow your heart, do what is right and you will achieve true happiness.