Do you have to accept the labels you're given? How can you avoid them?

You absolutely do not have to accept any labels you're given. You are the expert on yourself, and if you reject something that other people are trying to put on you, that's perfectly okay, and 100% valid. Labels are general categories that people fall under, and aren't very strict as concepts change all the time, especially with time and experience. There is no real way to avoid labels as they're so prevalent in human culture, but you can choose to not go by them yourself or encourage them when other people use them. Your sense of identity is entirely yours--we're influenced by other people and the environment, but you always have the final say on anything that affects you. No "if", "and" or "but"s about it.

No you don't. You can avoid by not letting it affect you and stopping people from hyping about it.

You're the only one who can assign a label to you. Your identity is nothing more than what you feel you are, so whatever you think describes you best is what you are. If other people don't acknowledge who you are, you can try to discuss them, explain how you feel, express yourself. Some close-minded people might still ignore you, but others will listen and learn more about you, and eventually accept who you are. It's always worth fighting for our identity and recognition.

Labels are such a huge common part of society that it is really difficult to imagine life without them. Even names are labels , sounds made specifically to call you. But labels are only fine as long as they help to find precision and make decisions. Recently labels are used more to chain or entrap, making it difficult for people to explore. Therefore, I would say labels can be avoided by being unique and by being ourselves. Labels are tools to categorise and divide into groups and therefore we need to be different enough to make it impossible to belong to a general group. After all, we all are different and can't ever be piled together into divisions...all we have to do is make sure people realise how different we are.

You do not have to accept the labels you're given. Avoiding them may be hard, especially if they're in your day to day life, but just ignore them, and try not to let it get to you.

Well, labels can hurt sometimes especially if they are negative. Sometimes we are able to easily avoid them while other times it is more difficult. If people call you something over and over that can be generalized to apply to others then that is a label and if you show you are hurt by them people who label others may end up using you as a target, but no matter how fearful you can stand up and say you don't care. It is not what others think about you, but really what you think about yourself so keep positive!

You never have to accept the labels given to you! They don't define you, other people's words and labels don't define you, only you can define yourself. You don't want to avoid them, just ignore what they say and know it doesn't define you.

There isn't really a way to avoid labels. Just like there isnt a way to not be who you are. People will always be there to insult you or put a label on you but you just have to learn to accept it because those people will always be there and you will always be here too. Just learn to ignore and move on, because soon, people are going to be there to label the labeler.

Labels are for nerds. Why do we have to label ourself in the first place? I mean if its important to someone to label themselves, you go girl, but it just isnt my cup of (7) tea(s). Just do you! You dont need labels do be yourself. Be kind. Be happy. Be loving.

Labels are used everywhere in our culture, unfortunately, and it's always hard to get rid of them. We like to label things and put people in boxes, as it makes it easier to understand things. While you can't avoid label all the time, you can however work on the stigmas attached to it and make people understand, little by little, that how they label you isn't who you are, that you are much more than this.