Formulating Fair Laws: Addressing Stereotyping in Legislation

This essay explores the critical issue of stereotyping in legislation formulation, arguing that laws should not criminalize behaviors within the realm of individual freedom and expression, provided they do not harm others. It emphasizes the importance of unbiased legislation that avoids favoritism and considers socio-cultural contexts. The essay discusses how societal beliefs and personal ideologies can influence legislation, highlighting the need for laws to improve social relations, uphold fundamental rights, and address social inclusion and exclusion. It critiques laws based on personal biases and advocates for considering race, gender, and social morality. The essay further examines tolerance towards diverse social norms, the role of anti-discrimination laws, and the significance of addressing gender issues and marginalized groups. It concludes by emphasizing the need for legislation to adapt to societal changes, promote global welfare, and avoid favoring specific ideologies, advocating for humanitarian laws that prioritize the common good and socio-cultural development.

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Thesis Statement: Legislatures should not criminalize any behavior that come in the
purview of the freedom of action or expression of their freewill as long as it does not harm
others. It should itself be unbiased and nor show favoritism towards the different parts of
the society.
The social and the sociocultural aspects relating to the situational scenarios in the
different societies will be in the purview of the different legislation that is followed in the
country. The legislation in the country is made to make it easy for the people of the country to
have their freedom and rights properly enforced in the country. The legislation should not
criminalize the behavior of a person in the society and judge the personal choices of the
individual in the society. On the contrary they should defend the rights of the people in the
society. The socio-cultural issues should be kept in consideration for the understanding of the
different social issues that should be heeded in the passing of a legislation in a country (Derman
& Prabhakaran, 2016). The concept of the different people in the society having their own
opinions and freewill in the society is affected by the notions of the society consisting of the
beliefs and the personal ideological belief among the different people.
The planning of the legislation in the different countries needs to focus on the local socio
cultural contexts in the society. The legislations should be focused on improving the relations
between the different individuals in the society and the different social groups. The social
interactions and the identities of the individuals should be focused on in the society. The
upholding of the fundamental rights of the individual in the society regarding their freedom of
action and the other rights in the society. The social and the cultural aspects of the upbringing of
an individuals in your society. The overall inclusion and the exclusion of the different groups in
the society (Schneider & Ingram, 2017). The social and the cultural aspects related to the

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development of the individuals in the society is in the purview of the different societal norms that
the individuals follow.
The legislations should follow a norm of keeping in mind the different needs of the
society regarding the different social and the cultural aspects relating to the society. The
situations relating to different social changes are in the light of the needs of the people and the
society. The legislations in the society cannot be based on the personal bias of the people as it
curbs the fundamental rights that the people are entitled to in the society. The legislations that are
to be formed in the society have to be based on the social and the cultural perspectives of the
society. The race and gender of the people should not be affected by the social and the morality
of the individuals and the society.
The legislations which are supposed to have a say on the public life of the people and the
ways that the people are supposed to live their life in the society. The social constraints in the
society should not curtail the rights of the people in the society or the ones who choose to live in
the fringes. The different from the society or simply the ones who choose to live and not abide
by the general norms (Nabi & Wei, 2015). It is seen that a number of countries have developed
the policies which are tolerant towards the different norms of the society. The different social
inclusion and the exclusion of the policies should solely depend on the fact that the norms of the
people and the society have a different attitude living a lifestyle.
The legislations in a number of first world countries uphold the right of the people as far
as the expression and the development of the societies. The freedom of freewill as long as it does
not infringe the rights of others is another thing that has to be considered in the overall
interaction and relations patterns in the society. The rules and regulations in the society has to be

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in the different social and cultural perspectives in the society to help in the social and there
cognitive development in the society. The legislations in a country focus on the development of
sustainable and a happy society with common welfare goals for all the members and the groups
that are present in the society. The legislations along with their planning and implementation
have to focus on the overall study of the society and an in depth understanding of the norms and
the society (Koshan, 2014). The change in the beliefs of the people in the society is affected by
the socio-cultural constructs of the society affect ting the overall developmental ideals of the
society.
The idea of the legislation in making the social constructs of the society more strong and
the Balance in the society aimed towards a common social welfare has to address the fact the
welfare of the general population is equally important as the makers of the legislation have to
keep in mind the fact that the laws that are to be formulated need to have a global approach in
addressing the needs of the society. The sociocultural construct that is present is the society is to
be shown in the light of the different social and the socio-cultural issues so that they might not
affect or in any way hamper the rights of the majority of the population in the society (Spade,
2015). The making of the legislation and the basic comprehension of the laws and rules in the
society has to be taken into account for a number of different social norms to be followed in the
society.
The section of antidiscrimination laws can make a reason for lawful cases against
separating managers, lodging suppliers, eateries, inns, stores, and so forth. Trans individuals'
lawful cases when confronting avoidance in such settings have regularly bombed before, with
courts saying that the prohibition is a honest to goodness inclination with respect to the business,
proprietor, or business owner. Abhor wrongdoing laws are advanced under a related rationale.

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Defenders call attention to that Trans individuals have a high murder rate and are liable to a lot
of violence. In numerous examples, trans individuals' lives are so downgraded by police and
prosecutors that trans murders are not explored or trans individuals' killers are given less
discipline than is normal in kill condemning. Advocates trust that loathe wrongdoing laws will
intercede in these circumstances, influencing law authorization to consider this viciousness
important. There is likewise an emblematic component to the section of these laws: an
announcement that Tran’s lives are significant, regularly depicted by advocates as a statement
that Tran’s individuals are human. Also, the two defenders of hostile to segregation laws and
loathe wrongdoing laws contend that the procedures of upholding the section of such laws,
including media promotion speaking to the lives and worries of trans individuals and gatherings
with officials to enlighten them regarding trans individuals' encounters, expands positive trans
deceivability and advances the battle for trans fairness (Weber, 2016). The information gathering
component of despise wrongdoing statutes, through which certain administration offices keep
tally of violations that fall into this classification, is touted by advocates as an opportunity to
influence the amount and seriousness of trans to individuals' battles more noticeable.
The concept of the different gender issues prevalent in the society due to the moral and
the social conceptions among the people in the society regarding the different ideologies
prevalent in the society. The changes with time and the different generations in the society
should be kept in making the society sustainable and open to change (Htun, 2016). For example
compared to the previous generation the common people in the society today are more open to
the gender identities sexual choices and preferences and choices leading to a number open laws
to make the society sustainable in the light of the law.

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The social constructs and the individual belief systems are important in the consideration
of the people and the society in the making of the different legislations. The marginalized social
out-groups face a number of discriminations and violent behaviors in the different societies
because of the issues related to the social constructs and the individual social issues. For example
the homosexuals and the transgender in the society have a higher suicide rate in the modern
society due to the stigma they face related to the acceptance in the societies in the general
populations. The conception of the modern society is based on the fact that the populations have
shifted and almost every country has a multicultural society. The legislations should keep in
mind to keep these social groups consisting of the people from other religions and ethnicities
should be focused on the development of the ideologies of including the people in the general
population. One of the major things in not making the legislations in accordance to the needs of
the people in society. The concepts related to the different societies that are to be included in the
social conception of the individuals in the society.
The marginal class based on the race ethnicity culture or the gender identity should be
made all inclusive in the modern society when the decisions regarding the legislations are to be
taken in the modern society. It is seen that the general populations in the society has to focus on
the overall development among the people in the society. The common issues that have been
highlighted in this case are the legislation in the different countries which work for the global
welfare rather than the ethnic welfare in the society. the legislation by the Canadian government
to welcome the Syrian refugees is one such measure which took a step forward in accepting the
majority of the general population in the society keeping in mind the global welfare of the people
instead of focusing on the their own welfare. The formation of the legislation should not be
based on only the ideology of the formulators of the legislation but of the society as a whole

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focusing on the overall growth and needs of the society (Andersen & O'Brien, 2016). Moreover,
the legislation in the society should formulate the legislation keeping the development and the
changes that the society is undergoing with time and globalization.
The different social issues change with time according to the thinking and the individual
choices and capabilities of the individual societies and the legislation which focusses on the
common beliefs in the society. The ideological development has a very important role in the
development of the different social and the cultural developments of the people in the society.
The earlier legislations were based on and favored the different religious influences because of
which they prohibited things that the religious heads deemed wrong. In the modern sense the
legislation have to be develop on a more humanitarian ground.
The different examples of the humanitarian laws in the first world countries are an ideal
example to the different issues that have come up in the development of the society. The general
conception of the general population in this case is the issue that can be related to the conception
in the society.
Therefore it can be concluded that the different laws and the ideological issues that has to
be heeded in the formations of different social and sociocultural conceptions helps in the
formation of the legislation which work for the common welfare of the society rather than
helping in the building of the society. The different socio cultural development that the
legislation aids should be based on the common ideologies of the society. Laws that make sex
personality/articulation based rejection illicit can possibly impact courts to rebuff discriminators
and give certain cures (e.g., back pay or harms) to harmed Trans individuals. There is
additionally an expectation that such laws, and their authorization by courts, would send a

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protection message to potential discriminators, telling them that such avoidances won't go on
without serious consequences; these laws would at last increment access to employments,
lodging, and different necessities for Tran’s individuals.
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