Gender Identity Reflection

Throughout an individual experiences, one is able to develop their own gender identify. Numerous social institution help shape ones opinions and views. The sociology of gender examines how society and experiences within society help influence our understandings and perceptions of the differences between masculinity and femininity. Over the course of an individuals life, you identify with a personal idea based on internal and external factors and for most individuals you develop the sense of your own identity from a early age. Throughout history many theories of gender and sexual orientation link the two together. The social institutions such as family, religion, race, ethnicity and culture allowed for me to develop my own ideas and theories. …show more content…
My mother and father have been guiding and teaching my sister and I, on how to develop our own ideas through our own experiences to understanding their views and implementing those into our developed intellectual views. As children our understandings of life and the way things should work are affected by how are parents see things. As I stated earlier your home environment, family, religion and many other social institutions help someone develop their …show more content…
This past summer was another eye opening experience, I spent the summer of 2015 in Austin, Texas working for a luxury real estate auction firm. The office I worked in was very unique from the open style office to the casual dress code and arrival time. The office was also very unique because of the female presence and power that was established within the company. The experience of working with this company that was more than eighty percent women employees allowed me to see the reality of the todays world. Your biological sex or new found identity has nothing to do with your intelligence and potential of being a successful