Gender has played a role in an insurmountable of interactions since one’s birth. Even before someone is born the realization of one 's gender starts to form the path they will take in life. While not an all deciding factor, it definitely will change the path they take on a broad and small scale. It has become such a normal factor of life distinction of gender is unnoticed most of the time.
Daily Interactions
Looking for examples of gender and gender roles in a common setting requires little interaction. Walking down the street will likely provide a plethora of examples, it is just a matter of noticing “Gender signs and signals are so ubiquitous that we usually fail to note them - unless they are missing or ambiguous” (Lorber 1994). Clothes are marketed towards a gender, while there is the …show more content…
Mostly done subconsciously, we regulate what we give ourselves and what we give others. Gender does play a role in the allotted space around us. The symbolic relation of being near the “sameness” of our own can regulate average things such as where someone would sit on a bus. Often public transportation can show people grouping based off gender when possible. If there is a seat next to a man and one next to a woman it is likely the next passenger would chose the seat near their gender. This symbolic community within a gender can dictate these subconscious interactions. It even starts at a young age. When teachers want to cut down on noise in class they would often sit children alternating based off gender, when people are young they feel more comfortable with their own gender and are more likely to relax and talk. While I would not say the space you consciously regulate is the biggest proponent of gender indicating a symbolic interaction, I would say the subconscious interactions such as where a person positions themselves in a public place are more telling of the symbolic interactions we chose and are imposed on
Daily Interactions
Looking for examples of gender and gender roles in a common setting requires little interaction. Walking down the street will likely provide a plethora of examples, it is just a matter of noticing “Gender signs and signals are so ubiquitous that we usually fail to note them - unless they are missing or ambiguous” (Lorber 1994). Clothes are marketed towards a gender, while there is the …show more content…
Mostly done subconsciously, we regulate what we give ourselves and what we give others. Gender does play a role in the allotted space around us. The symbolic relation of being near the “sameness” of our own can regulate average things such as where someone would sit on a bus. Often public transportation can show people grouping based off gender when possible. If there is a seat next to a man and one next to a woman it is likely the next passenger would chose the seat near their gender. This symbolic community within a gender can dictate these subconscious interactions. It even starts at a young age. When teachers want to cut down on noise in class they would often sit children alternating based off gender, when people are young they feel more comfortable with their own gender and are more likely to relax and talk. While I would not say the space you consciously regulate is the biggest proponent of gender indicating a symbolic interaction, I would say the subconscious interactions such as where a person positions themselves in a public place are more telling of the symbolic interactions we chose and are imposed on