Emo culture and music is well and alive today. Being emo is the greatest thing on Earth to many people. An emo, or emotional person likes to openly show their feelings and is usually reserved from the outside world.
As the emo punk movement rose, so did some misnomers about them. The main misconception about emo culture is that it is tied to the goth culture, but this is not the case, since goth people tend to be lively towards the world and they wear darker clothing.
In addition, Goths have white-chalked faces and wear Gothic clothing/jewelry, while emo people wear more of multicolored jewelry, clothing, and hair, with some black. Emos also wear body piercings in odd places of the body, such as belly button, nose, and even lips.
If you want to know the true history of emo culture, you should back to the 1950’s, when rock music was born. From then on, rock music became very popular and from different sub-rock groups, like punk, heavy metal, and hardcore rock.
But there’s one thing both cultures have in common – they both have created uproar from conservatives and even some moderates. In many places, both parents and teachers has express their concerns about the emo culture and its negative effect on young kid’s minds.
They argue that emo music promotes violence and murder and that the culture should be done away with all together. It is true that the emo/gothic/punk culture promotes, on some levels, violence, and strife, it is no different from the bullying and other evils that face young children today.
At some point, parents should be responsible for the kid’s actions and stop looking to outside sources to deal with their liking of emo culture. Also, these kids should realize that the vampires and dark stuff that this moment is associated with is a fantasy and not real.
In addition, another stereotype associated with rock punks is they are all associated with Nazi/white supremacist groups. This is not the case since most emos do not associate with groups of this nature, although some do.
