Journal #2Journal #2 I like to think of myself as a critically-thinking individual who comes to conclusions solely based on personal analysis of the world around me. “The Cycle of Socialization” by Bobbie Haro reminds me that I am largely a reflection of the cultures and spaces I occupy and the family members and institutions who taught and reinforced my norms, values, and dogma. Thinking of my upbringing as “systemic” sheds a different perspective on my realities. When it comes to my socialization as a cis female, most of the messages I received were deeply rooted in Catholicism. I was taught that I had to marry a person of the opposite sex, wait until marriage to engage in sexual intercourse, and eventually have children. In reaching …show more content…
“The Cycle of Socialization” by Bobbie Haro reminds me that I am largely a reflection of the cultures and spaces I occupy and the family members and institutions who taught and reinforced my norms, values, and dogma. Thinking of my upbringing as “systemic” sheds a different perspective on my realities. When it comes to my socialization as a cis female, most of the messages I received were deeply rooted in Catholicism. I was taught that I had to marry a person of the opposite sex, wait until marriage to engage in sexual intercourse, and eventually have children. In reaching me about womanhood, my mother adhered to strict societal, cultural and religious messages. In her eyes, a woman cooks and cleans, raises her children, wear dresses and makeup and takes care of the home. This definition aligns with traditional societal stereotypes and expectations of women. As a feminist, I sometimes get embarrassed to admit that I agree with much of what my mother taught me partially because I would like to be a housewife/stay-at-home mother one day. While taking the Implicit Bias Test, I found myself ascribing the genders very easily to their stereotypical careers and family roles. However, I was uncomfortable knowing that it was that simple for me. I felt like I was part of the system that, in my words, “holds women back” by imposing outdated expectations about work and family life on
“At a time when people are seeking to become more culturally aware it is important to note distinctions which make cultures different and unique from one another” (Giger, 2013, p. 163). “Culture involves much more than race, ethnic background, and language” (Smith, 2013, p. 32). Culture is a combination of learned behaviors, beliefs, and values that are reinforced through exposure to social interactions within one’s immediate social group or surrounding society. A personal interview was conducted with Andrea Sinkler, is an African-American female, whose culture influence is mainly attributed from her association with family and social interactions.
The Cycle of Socialization by Bobbie Harro gives an accurate description how social norms are created in society, and how we learn them and the consequences of not abiding by the norms. The social norms and identities that we picked are heavily influenced by what family we are born into. Growing my mother would always enforce to my twin sister and I that items such as clothes, toys, or school supplies we’re assigned to different genders based on their color. Whenever my sister wanted something that was the color blue, or black she would tell my sister that it was meant for boys because of it had dark colors and would insist her to find something that had a lighter color. This influenced my sister and I a lot because still to this day whenever I buy clothes or any other item I rarely
In understanding others, one must first understand our own family background and how it affects our understanding of the world. Conversely, family systems draw on the view of the family as an emotional unit. Under system thinking, one evaluates the parts of the systems in relation to the whole meaning behavior becomes informed by and inseparable from the functioning of one’s family of origin. These ideas show that individuals have a hard time separating from the family and the network of relationships. With a deeper comprehension of the family of origin helps with the challenges and awareness of normalized human behaviors. When interviewing and analyzing the family of origin, allow one to look at their own family of origin
It was found that all communities taught socialization appropriate to their environments. Kusserow categorized her findings as: hard of...
The education system and the peer group within the school system are important socialisation agents in an individual’s life. Children from an early age absorb the values, attitudes and beliefs of the society in which they participate (Ashman & Elkins, 2009).
Bobbie Harro states in “The cycle of socialization” (2000), “No one brings us a survey, in the womb, inquiring which gender, class, religion, sexual orientation, cultural group, ability status, or age we might want to be born. These identities are ascribed to us at birth through no effort or decision or choice of our own” (p.16). I was born into a system, just like everyone else, where I was judged and labeled due to the social categories that I identify with. What I have experienced throughout my schooling has shaped and molded my sense of self and the way that I view myself in terms of my gender and race/ethnicity. I live in a world where I have been both praised and ridiculed for these differing characteristics that seem to define me, but
Similar to everyone else in the world, many sociological forces have greatly impacted my life and shaped the person that I am today. Throughout Sociology 110, learning what elements in the population’s lives affect the way they live their lives allowed me to consider what has personally affected my own. The person I am today can attribute the sociological forces such my gender, my not-so close knit family, my family’s low socioeconomic status, and sexism in the family. There are plenty of other sociological factors that have considerably rendered my person, however, I believe that the ones I mentioned are the most important factors that manipulated not only how I live my life, but me as a person as well, into my current self.
Children learn gender roles based on parental socialization, meaning what is talked about by society and what is culturally accepted. They learn based on what they watch or what they hear and see from their family, friends, and school. The children learn that women are nurturing and expressive while men are strong and independent. Women are seen as the primary caregiver of their children, whether they are work or not. Studies have shown that the wives who earn 100% of their family’s income spend more time with their children than the husbands who earn 100% of the income (Raley, Bianchi, and Wang 2012:1448). Looking at gender and sex at a sociological imagination standpoint, it would be clear that the way society influenced this data. Women have been the primary caregivers for almost all of America’s history, so it’s not likely to change anytime soon. America is slowing heading towards change with is seen with the stalled revolution, women are seen with different viewpoints than their mothers and grandmothers, but men still have more similarities with their fathers and
From a young age , many individuals worldwide are socialized according to their gender and what is appropriate for males and females. Socializing according to ones gender starts from the moment you are born when the nurses give you either a blue or pink blanket to wrap the child in. This allows society to known whether the child is a male or female. The double standard for gender occurs within many areas of development for instance the clothes one wears, the toys that are placed with, the jobs and careers one chooses in their later life. Attachment given by a child's parent reinforces an individual to be socialized and children can also contribute how their parents treat and see them , these are social constructs within parenting (Ambert,2012). All of these things can be gender separated and still are in today's society. Another area where males and females are socialized differently is in the area of sexuality and what is acceptable for males is not always for the female gender. Gender specific norms govern the appropriate amount of partners , when it is acceptable to engage in sexual activity and what motivates ones behavior (Kreager &Staff, 2009). This shows society individuals are socialized according to their gender because males are socialized into behaving a different way than girls but it still be accepted as a norm. Women are taught that it is okay to have sexual relationships but they need a reason, example being in a committed relationship, where as men just need a place. This is a common perception based on ones gender , formed from a western conservative view point ( Fugere et.al, 2008). Gender socialization is a process where boys are seen to be given wings and girls are to be given roots (Myers, Spencer, Jordan...
My socialization started from before my birth. My parents knew that I would be born female and, therefore, bought me pink clothes and other “girl” items. I was born into a lower-middle-class family with both of my parents working a factory job. I spent a lot of my infancy with my grandmother who would watch me when my parents worked. When my parents came home, they would shower me with affection and nurture my needs the best that they could. I would be fed, bathed, and everything that is needed to keep a baby clean and happy. My parents would make sure that I was cared for.
Hans Christian Anderson paints a very graphic picture in “The Ugly Duckling” of how the the Ugly Duckling comes to determine his self-worth by the means of his appearance, and shows a connection to Bobbi Harro’s “Cycle of Socialization”. In this fairy tale, the Ugly Duckling goes through the stages of life with constant battering about his self appearance (and forms what he believes he is based of those opinions from the agent group.) During the first stage of his life, The Ugly Duckling was outcasted from the beginning before he could even realize it. Wise ducks would come over to the mother and would blatantly tell the mother just to leave the egg behind despite that it has not hatched and because “It was very large and ugly”
The process of political socialization is not merely a quick development of ideologies, but an extended network of agents influencing us at every stage of our lives to implore us of good and proper behaviors and thought patterns to abide by. As stated in Texas politics, there is a difference in general socialization and political socialization, but both are significantly influential in our critical development patterns (3.1). General socialization begins in childhood with parents, grandparents, or caretakers. Simple verbal and nonverbal interactions taking place between those closest to us and our world around us creates ideas and beliefs and coaches us in how we should react to our environment. General socialization can be seen when children are punished for being inappropriate or impolite, or when their behaviors are reinforced by authority figures around them.
“Gender schema theory proposes that children develop a gender schema as a means of organizing their perceptions of the world. Once children acquire a gender schema, they begin to judge themselves according to traits considered appropriate to their sex.” (Rathus, Jeffrey, & Fichner-Rathus, 2014) The children who are successful in developing self-concepts that in line with the assigned gender will generally have higher self-esteem and are happier and healthier, mentally and emotionally speaking, when they are living in accordance with their assigned gender norms. Reversely, when children are raised in households that do not recognize gender norms, then children are at a deficit for learning how to be masculine men and feminine women and are at great risk of being mentally and emotionally unhappy and
Socialization is defined as the process by which an individual internalizes the norms, values and beliefs of their social world. The socialization process occurs throughout the life course of the individual and is influenced by agents of socialization, which include a variety of social institutions and daily social interactions. Some examples of such agents are peers,family, neighborhood,sports, schools, religion, the workplace, and especially the mass media. Socialization agents in your life shapes, develops, and help highlight who you are as a person. The agents of socialization that have molded and shaped my life through high school and college are family,school,neighborhood..These agents have have helped me become who I am today and has
Socialization is the process of passing down norms, customs, and ideologies that are important to the society by the previous generations to the younger generations. The school system is a social agency that was created to enhance the processes of socialization through education. The importance of school as an agent of socialization can be best explained by the amount of time students spend in school and in activities happen around school. The manifest functions of school are to educate students the social norms, and the knowledge and skills that help them become economically productive in order to benefit the society. But students not only learn from the academic curriculum but they also benefit from socialize with their teachers and peers.