Left or Right?

Political ideology is a certain set of ethical ideals, principles, doctrines, myths or symbols of a social movement, institution, class or large group that explains how society should work and offers some political and cultural blueprint for a certain social order. However, after taking quizzes from, allsides.com and politicalcompass.org, to determine where I fall on the political and social spectrum. There was no surprise in my mind that I was considered leaning left according to allsides.com and left libertarian according to political compass.org. My results place me on the spectrum closest to, Nicola Sturgeon and Nelson Mandela. They are both slightly left and libertarian people that think for others and not just themselves; this how I view myself as person and this doesn’t surprise me too much.

Next, the ideologies that are represented by the left are mostly in common with me, such as:

• We should focus on the rights of the mother when it comes to abortion, and focus on preserving or expanding the ability to have an abortion
• Gay marriages are no different in nature or intent than those of opposite-sex couples
• We should celebrate and encourage an expanded view of the family structure/non-traditional families; children fare fine in many different family formations

• Open and free expression of sexuality is a right and should be encouraged
• We should de-emphasize distinctive gender characteristics as they are more often the result of socialization; we should emphasize the important potential for women and non-binary people to be in the same roles as men
• Minority classes often suffer adversely due to beliefs, behaviors or practices, whether intentional or unintentional, that favor or uphold viewpoints or practices that create inequality in society
• The government needs to change policy or create programs to ensure equal rights to all groups

These are all the same beliefs I have about these issues, however, my view on gender identification is more right-wing. This is because I believe that a person should identify as only male, female, or if they can biologically identify as both, then both.

           As a result, I agree with these quizzes and believe that they almost always accurately describe a person’s social and economic beliefs.