Becoming Members Of Society Analysis

We as humans all come from different backgrounds and have different views on what the world is and what it should be. No matter what we want to think, every person we come in contact with has an effect on who we are and who we become. I have met many people and visited many places that are very important to me and I believe they distinguish my personality and values.
In the article Becoming Members of Society: Learning the Social Meanings of Gender Aaron Devor talks about how we develop our identities and roles in society. Devor explains that one of the main ways that we find our identity is through our relationships with others. When we meet someone we organize them into categories based on how we compare and identify with them. The group …show more content…
My “generalized other” group, from my perspective, consists a lot stereotypical soccer players. There are tons of little things like how many soccer players tuck in the front of their t-shirts into their shorts. I don’t know why everyone else does it but I started and it is almost a habit now. The people with more influence on me or my “significant others” are easier for me to talk about and I am proud of them and like to brag to people about them. Both of my parents would most definitely be in my “significant other” group. My father is a social worker who has helped many people to take steps to repair their lives. He is the only person I know who truly does not discriminate. He has helped people in some of the toughest situations possible, like losing their kids, drug abuse, and suicide, to better themselves. My father has taught me that there is always some way to make a positive impact on a person and change their life. My mother was a kindergarten teacher and has made her way up to a teaching and learning coach for the Independence School District. She has overcome so many odds, and still is, to get where she is today. I do not know anyone who works as hard or gives as much effort to everything they do like her. From her is where I learned to stand my ground for what I believe in through all of our stress and …show more content…
He was never raised to see the differences the people around him, but as he grew older he began to see many of the injustices against his friends because they were different. Wise made a film titled “White Like Me” and says that “The answer is to be color conscious, not color blind.” This statement does not exclusively apply to racial issues. It can be interpreted for any situation, because we will never come in contact with someone exactly like ourselves. We need to be aware of the differences of the people around us and accept them instead of acting like they are not there. I wasn’t aware that the children we took downtown may have never been there before. I made the mistake of assuming, as a middle class white boy who has only witnessed poverty never actually lived in it. I didn’t take into account the lack of opportunity in their lives before I thought about what my opportunities would be if I lived