Personal Narrative: My Identity Of Women

terrifying process. With this experience I realized my identity of a women was one of fear and exploitation. My body no longer belonged to me but belonged to everyone else. I was expected to be sexual by men of any age. My personal worth was and continues to be based on my sexiness but I was also told to be pure. I was also judged for having a sexual body. Being curvy meant I was too sexy and was punished for it. Women in this society are stuck in a double bind. Women belong to everyone else but are also at fault. They are at fault for whatever happens to them, such as rape. My identity as women belongs to the men in American society. I by name belong to my father, and my family. My body belongs to American culture because the attractiveness …show more content…
I would not realize that it was until much later in life. I realized very young that I my skin looked different than others but I didn’t understand that my Whiteness was a part of identity. As a White person growing up around other White people I didn’t realize Whiteness was an identity or a culture. I thought my culture was American …show more content…
It is also very common in the United States. White privilege is naturally ingrained in our society many people would not say it exists. “Whiteness is synonymous with privilege,” (McDermott and Samson, 2005). This is the most fundamental aspect of White privilege. I can have it and not even realize it. One example of White privilege in America is not ever having to think about how my race or ethnicity reflects upon how people will treat me. I also have White privilege because people treat me nicer or are more lenient with because of the color of my skin. “-some privileges make me feel at home in the world. Others allow me to escape penalties or dangers that others suffer,” (McIntosh, 1992). The amount of Blacks pulled over, arrested, or incriminated are proportionally much higher than Whites. This is only one example about how non-Whites in America are treated differently. White privilege can be given in names and not even in have to be based on skin color. My name being Megan Wilson would give me a leg up in an interview rather than someone named DeMarcus Jackson. White privilege is gives me access to better educational, employment, and housing opportunities. I did not always realize my White identity gave me these privileges. I knew racism existed because they teach about slavery pretty early in schools. I used to think racism was easily defined into black and white. Little did I know that this wording was also racist.