Socialization And The Social Hierarchy Of My Family

Register to read the introduction… Interestingly, this process has been around since the beginning of man and is an essential part of being human. When I was a child, my family would have been considered a traditional family – my father worked, my mother stayed home with my older brother and me, we lived in a house and could pay our bills. The social hierarchy of my family was very complex – my mother usually had a say in everything and during the day I thought of her as the head of the household. However, when my father came home he was the head of the household.
Around my 13th birthday, though, my family hierarch changed because my parents got divorced. Since I was still a young teen at the time and I was still going through the socialization process my parents’ divorce had a huge impact on me. Similarly, the new family structure forced me to be more independent and it placed excessive weight on my gender role; at times my role in general since I now lived with my father and had to take care of the household while he worked and I no longer knew which parent to …show more content…
I am a white, straight, female, daughter, step-daughter, sister, step-sister, aunt, niece, girlfriend, student, Catholic, and recovered drug addict. While some of these statuses are ascribed statuses (e.g. social positions received at birth), such as being a white female and daughter, some are achieved statuses (e.g. social positions that are earned or chosen), like being a recovered drug addict and student (Manza, j. et al., 2013). I have also received a socioeconomic status based on my family – I was/ still am part of working-class America. However, I do largely identify myself as being a straight, Irish, Catholic, female whom ethnicity is …show more content…
I do not have any children of my own, but if I did I would see myself working full-time along with my husband working full-time as well. The reason I say this is because my boyfriend and I are both career-oriented people, so we would not want to stop working just to have children. Furthermore, I believe that if we both work it would show the children that it is important to establish a life of your own and hard work pays off.
Furthermore, my image of what my future family and work life will be differs greatly from what my parents created. When I was younger my mother stayed at home and took care of my brother and I, while my father worked and took care of the family financially. When I was about 12 or 13-years-old my mother decided that she wanted to go back to work and make her own money so that she could have a little extra spending cash. I remember my father being every supportive and saying that as long as it made her happy he was fine with her obtaining a part-time