Sociological Influences Analysis

Sociological forces are evident in almost all aspects of our lives. These forces have shaped me into who I am today by impacting certain aspects of my life like my education, my social class, my ethnicity, and my religious upbringing. These forces have been influencing my life since I was born. They determined what kind of person I have become, the education I received, and the privileges I have had growing up into an adult American male. Sociological forces have been acting for many years, and will most certainly go on shaping me into the future. The popular culture is something that impacts everyone’s lives. It influences what we wear, what we listen too, and what we deem worthy of our time. Popular culture “comprises the tastes, preferences, customs and behaviors embraced by the broad mass of the American public at any given point in time”( McAdams, Definition of American Pop Culture). Popular culture first started influencing my life when I was in middle school. This was when I first started listening to music and paying attention to what music was cool, what I should be listening to, and how I should act. As I grew older, I realized that a lot of popular culture is not very …show more content…
But in America, living in a middle class house is fairly common with “just a shade under half of all households (about 49.9 percent) have middle incomes”(Geewax The Tipping Point: Most Americans No Longer Are Middle Class). Being middle class has not affected me in a negative way. But, it has changed my views on money and how I should handle money and wealth. I also now view things like Christian education and being able to provide for my potential family one day as more important than having a excessive amounts of money or possessions. I think that growing up in a middle-class Christian family has given me the tools to keep things in