There are so many expectations and rules on how we should dress and act according to our gender, race, skin color ect. We are placed in a box. Those who think and act outside of the box are reprimanded and scolded by society. For example Alok’s experience of how people react to the way he dressed. People see a man in womens clothing, or vice versa. People stop and stare, they gawk and whisper, and voice the opinions that no one asked for by the way. He gets up and dresses for himself, today he chooses to wear a dress , tomorrow he chooses to wear shorts, it does not matter, the same way everyone wakes up and gets dressed how they want. But Alok and others are seen as outsiders and weird and it’s honestly no one’s business. 

In another universe on another planet, hypothetically , our society could be the complete opposite. Where it’s normal for men to wear women’s clothes, and women to wear mens clothing. But it’s outrages and blasphemy to see men wearing “mens’ ‘ clothes and women, “womens” clothes. Even then people are going to stop and stare, and make comments. Society is the one setting up these standards and expectations. It’s “wrong” because we said so, not because it was written or told to us by a “higher being”. 

It’s frustrating and angering that Alok is treated like an object to be reviewed and commented on. Comments such as “Is that your halloween costume” or “You’re doing this for attention right “ . Let people dress the way they want! And let us be whoever we want to be” Why does there have to be a label or category that we must fit into. The same things that are seen as “outside the box” can be turned into everyday norms . If a celebrity were to take the outfit that Alok wears and walk around the streets of Hollywood or Paris then “Oh yes of course it’s okay for Alok and anyone else to do it.” If his picture or video of him is seen on TikTok and goes viral and becomes a trend then there will no longer be rude and hateful comments. But it shouldn’t be that way. It doesn’t have to take these things in order to be accepted. It should already be a standard and norm.So many obstacles have to be overcome , but it all starts in society’s way of thinking, and breaking away from what “fits in the box.”