Personal Narrative: My Social Location

My social location depends on my traits, and what specific groups I belong to within my society. Two traits are I am eighteen years old and a female this shapes my social location. I live in the city Canton, but I am away from the city because I live on a dirt road with lots of property. The houses are farther apart than in a suburb, so we have a lot of land. Living with a lot of open property influences the type of hobbies I like. For example, I love riding dirt bikes and being outside. Other hobbies I have are reading, writing, racing, cars, exercising, and photography. My career plans are to get a bachelor’s degree in mechanical engineering, and find a job as an engineer working with engines or transmissions. All of these qualities and aspirations I have are a part of …show more content…
My dad also introduced me to cars by teaching me the different type of cars and how they work like how the transmission shifts when you accelerate. Thus, my dad made me enjoy learning about cars, so that is why I want to become a mechanical engineer. Being a female makes me view the world as judgmental and sad because of the media’s interpretation of how women should look. For example, the media portrays women as sexualized objects and skinny while not all women dress, act, or look that way. The media causes women to feel bad about their image because they do not look like that. Sometimes the media makes me feel bad about my body because I am not that skinny or pretty like the model in the commercial. As a female, my view of the world is sometimes negative due to the media. Also, some women are sad because of the media’s portrayal of women. Being a female makes me view the world a different way than a man would. My gender also plays a part in career choice too because I want to go into a field where men dominate it. I want to show them women can hold down jobs in the automotive industry too to prove them wrong. My young age also influences my view on the world in a huge way. I see