How Does Identity Affect Our Identity

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In today’s society, the identities of ourselves and others control most of our thoughts and sometimes our actions. These ideas that people have created in which people of a certain gender, race, religion, economic class, etc. can only do certain things that they believe is meant for them. This thought process has ultimately damaged society and the people within it because it not only has created this illusion that a person can only do a certain thing but makes people lose hope and faith in themselves. The mindset that most people have nowadays is filled with what others are going to think or say about them. Our society has made us scared to do the things we truly want because we worry about our identity and how we will be able to do something while having that identity. How are we as a society …show more content…

Our identities should not limit us in what we can do in our lives and should not control our lives. Because I am a woman, I am expected to choose a gender fitting career than a masculine career but I’d prefer that type of job and our society sees it as a road to failure, making it hard for me to find the hope to accomplish this goal. Since I am a young adult, I am supposed to back down and do as I am told because this society has a tradition of seniority and it makes it difficult for me to be myself and express my thoughts. As a woman, I am looked at only being capable of doing a womanly job instead of a man’s job. Women are executed to only do “girly” things because society believes that we are different from men and cannot do what they can do. These assumptions that women cannot do what men do, proves that our identities set us up to only be able to accomplish what people deem woman jobs. The career I have chosen is engineering, which is one of the most highly accredited careers but is also mainly considered as masculine. People do not believe that I am able to pursue it due to the fact that I am a woman

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