Socialization plays a chief part in generating and sustaining social inequality. It is a way for people to function successfully in their social worlds and discover their place in society by understanding who we are as individuals. The true question is how we come to adopt certain norms, beliefs and values in a society with so many different cultures and backgrounds. Although much of our behaviors and personality come from our parents and may seem like human nature, a lot is actually learned through socialization. The process of learning through socialization takes place through interaction with the various different agents such as with families, peer groups, schools and mass media. Socialization is something that occurs throughout our entire
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Family is the most influential social agent in our lives. This being because it is the very first influence in our lives and has a direct impact on how we perceive the world around us in addition to most of our beliefs, actions and values. Children rely heavily on their parents to teach them the ways of life and prepare us for the world. The opinions of parents are far more trustworthy since the bond we share with our parents is like no other relationship. In many cases, children are tend to be raised differently based on the social class that they belong to. Generally, the middle class families expose their children to a wide range of experiences and engage them in more structured family choices. In addition,” poor families usually emphasize obedience and conformity when raising their children, while wealthy families emphasize judgment and creativity” (National Opinion Research Center 2008). Thus the class system arises due to the idea that children are effectively socialized to take on the same type of jobs and choice making as their …show more content…
Today, people are exposed to a wide variety of content which often includes sex and violence portrayed through tv, radios, magazines and internet. For instance Disney has a lot of movies where the female plays the lead role such as, The Little Mermaid, Cinderella and Snow While. The female figures are usually princesses and some may argue that this has socialized girls into a princess type of culture. These movies usually end with a love interest often a marriage or being rescued by a man. This can lead many of us to believe that this is the only way for a happy ending. Magazines are also great agents of socialization there are so many magazines with lots of different information. There are magazines about health, beauty, sports and entertainment. Often portrayed on these magazines are beautiful women who look nearly perfect or rich people and their successes. In a sense this is socializing our world think we have to look a certain way in order to be beautiful to society or be rich in order to be happy in life. These unrealistic thoughts and assumptions play a prominent role in people’s lives and has made it difficult for one to keep up with the social “norms” of
Family is the most influential social agent in our lives. This being because it is the very first influence in our lives and has a direct impact on how we perceive the world around us in addition to most of our beliefs, actions and values. Children rely heavily on their parents to teach them the ways of life and prepare us for the world. The opinions of parents are far more trustworthy since the bond we share with our parents is like no other relationship. In many cases, children are tend to be raised differently based on the social class that they belong to. Generally, the middle class families expose their children to a wide range of experiences and engage them in more structured family choices. In addition,” poor families usually emphasize obedience and conformity when raising their children, while wealthy families emphasize judgment and creativity” (National Opinion Research Center 2008). Thus the class system arises due to the idea that children are effectively socialized to take on the same type of jobs and choice making as their …show more content…
Today, people are exposed to a wide variety of content which often includes sex and violence portrayed through tv, radios, magazines and internet. For instance Disney has a lot of movies where the female plays the lead role such as, The Little Mermaid, Cinderella and Snow While. The female figures are usually princesses and some may argue that this has socialized girls into a princess type of culture. These movies usually end with a love interest often a marriage or being rescued by a man. This can lead many of us to believe that this is the only way for a happy ending. Magazines are also great agents of socialization there are so many magazines with lots of different information. There are magazines about health, beauty, sports and entertainment. Often portrayed on these magazines are beautiful women who look nearly perfect or rich people and their successes. In a sense this is socializing our world think we have to look a certain way in order to be beautiful to society or be rich in order to be happy in life. These unrealistic thoughts and assumptions play a prominent role in people’s lives and has made it difficult for one to keep up with the social “norms” of