Sociological Autobiography Examples

The feminist theory, the idea of gender inequality, still exist in our society. Gender, just like race, structures the world, yet women are treated unequally in most aspects. Women are seen as a minority group compared to men. They are expected to be sensitive, weak, supportive, and passive. In the other hand, men are seen as dominant figures that obtain roles that are highly valued. They are though as strong, independent, and competitive human beings. In addition, gender is biological. Each gender one is born with, either man or woman, later on leads one to adopt a gender identity early in life which creates a development of gender-role performances in society’s view. Therefore, in society, each one of us are created to find our own self-discovery.

A person is defined by their identity, representing who they are by their personal and cultural aspects. However, the discovery of self that one develops is not created without the interactions one gains with different peers and groups, as sociologist Charles Cooley thought. I, Carolina Rocha, came to know the world on February 12, 1997. I was born and raised in Gainesville, a small city known as the county seat of Hall County in Georgia.

I was raised and live in a middle class with my two parents and my two sisters. I was born in the United States but hold a Mexican heritage, making me a Hispanic American young woman. While employing C.Wright Mills’ idea that sociology describes the intersection between history and biography, I, a nineteen years female, I am structured by my culture, faith, and education that I came to know and believe.
Even though I did not experience my parents journey personally, my parents are the main reason of who I am today. I was raised by both my parents while growing up. My parents are from a small town called Rio Verde in San Luis Potosi, Mexico. My mother and father, both Mexican immigrants, decided to come to America to raise their family. They wanted to provide my sisters and me a better, successful, and happy life. Therefore, they left everything behind and had to take a dreadful journey to get to the United States. Even though they are immigrants, my parents work hard to be able to provide food on our plates, a roof on top of our heads, and an education. At such a young age, my parents introduced me to new people from different parts of the world and values that are seen in our society that I know today. Therefore, my lifestyle and who I am currently is influenced by nature, my genetics, but also by nurture, my socialization.
Culture is the characteristics that define a person or a group of people, includes their language, style of dress, food, and music. We, as a person, learn them by being passed down from generation to generation. In a Mexican culture, just like other cultures, people believe in gender roles. It is thought that each generations has different roles and responsibilities for women and men. At such a young age, females take the role of wives and are needed to help around the house. They need to clean, cook, and take care of the children. They are usually supported by their husbands economically and health wise. Even while attending school or working, they are still expected to take care of the home and family. For my parents both being Mexicans and growing up with these values, it was passed down to me creating for me to hold these views in my life.
I am a Mexican American citizen. I was born and raised in the United States but still grew up in a Mexican culture home. My parents taught my two sisters and me to learn, love, and appreciate our two different yet beautiful cultures. In my childhood to now, my parents always talked to me in Spanish. Therefore, Spanish is my first language. However, for living and starting school in the United States, I had to learn English as well. My two different languages have provided me with many advantages; it is the key to communication. In addition, my behavior is influenced by my two cultures. Even though I am not married or have children, I am still needed to help around the house. I help my mom clean, cook, and take care of the younger ones. The way I think, the way I act, and the things I believe all diverse between the ideas of my Mexican and American cultures.
My culture of my faith also shapes my daily life and my personality. My religion is an important aspect in my life. Since I was a little girl to now, every Sunday my family and I attend Atlanta Highway Church of Christ, a Christian church. My parents allowed me to be born into a Christian home; they took us to church, prayed before every meal or going to sleep, and learn about God and His grace. At a young age, I did not really understand the idea of religion; I went to church more for my parents than for myself. However, as I continued to attend church and became older, I began to understand the Bible and God’s will. I became a Christian at the age fourteen. As a female Christian, I acknowledge my different duties and role in the world and in the church.
Christian’s view, in the role of different genders, is that men and women are created equally in the sight of God. However, women and men have different performances in church. Men, like everywhere in society, are seen and thought as dominant figures, especially over the women. The Bible states, “But I suffer not a woman to teach, nor to usurp authority over man, but to be in silence” (1 Timothy 2:12). Therefore, in church services, men are in control in church leadership, like taking the part of preaching, praying, and leading the service and songs. Women, in the other hand, are in charge of nursing the children and submitting to their husbands. Therefore, in Church, I, just like other female Christian, am sitting quietly or assisting with the children. This has allowed me to acknowledge that gender difference is seen everywhere in society, from Church to even in school.
Throughout school, I have always had the desire to learn and do my best.

My parents have always taught my sisters and me about the importance of school, graduating, and doing my best. As a child, I attended Lyman Hall elementary from kindergarten to fifth grade. After that, I went to West Hall Middle School to West Hall High School, where I fortunately graduated in 2015. Now, I am a nineteen year old student at the University of North Georgia. Hopefully, I plan to continue college and graduate, being the second one in my family, with a nurse bachelor degree. As I walk through the campus, I see a variety of women working hard to gain a better education and lifestyle for themselves and their families. However, education was not the same from what it was in the past to what it is

today.
The access of an education has changed over time between gender and race. Back then, more white men were able to receive a complete education. In the past, men and women were separated and attended different schools. After high school, unlike men, women did not have a choice of continuing school; they were usually forced to take the role in the household. That has improved in time. Women, like men, get an opportunity to continue their education. However, still in society then and now, women are still seen as having the traditional responsibility to have children, raise them, and work at home. Even though women have the right to peruse an education, there is still gender inequality in our daily lives. For example, in the work force, there still stands a pay gap. No matter if a man and a woman gain a same education, men are paid more than the women are. Even though men are still dominant, women are positively still having similar chances and access in live as me. Therefore, for having this great opportunity of an educational access, I value my educational life.
Our lives are socially structured, yet we still make choices that affect our way of living. For example, female can either have a choice to accept our roles and goals in society or rebel; we can learn to follow the rules and responsibilities or we can learn deviance, the behavior or thought that violates norms of a culture. These choices one makes, to either accept or rebel our roles, it appears to affect our characters and change from generation to generation. For instance, the difference between genders have appear to improve over time. Women are gaining more opportunities as men. For example in 1920, the United States Constitution gave women the rights to vote. Now women are protected and have civil liberties and civil rights as men. Women’s roles in society are greatly valued, just as men’s are. I being a woman myself, am grateful for my roles in this world. My culture, religion, and education lead me to a pleasant and fulfilling lifestyle, which entails me to my self-finding discovery.