Identity

In class we spent a lot of time talking about identity.  There are so many ways that describes identity. People are seen by their gender, race, class and the list goes on and on.  People often see themselves through the looking glass self. A looking glass self is explained how people see themselves through someone else’s eyes. For example I see myself as a daughter, sister, students and hard worker. But through other people’s eyes they only see me as a college student or something completely different.

Identity can also be described as something that is ascribed to them such as being a mother or daughter. Those things happen automatically. While on the other hand, you can be known by things you achieve like becoming a doctor. You have to work for that status and earn that title. I feel that there are ways that someone could be confused about this. For example if someone becomes a mother they do not automatically become a mom. In my opinion a mother is just someone who gave birth to a child. I feel that a mother needs to earn the status of a mom.

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I have posted a video of a girl going through changes throughout her high school years. It shows how she is constantly judging herself and thinking that her friends were judging her constantly. When in reality they were saying anything about her at all. While watching this it reminded me of how my high school went and how my friends were constantly asking me how they looked and if they looked alright. And I would always respond I don’t care what you look like and usually either did the rest on the world. I can’t lie I sometimes do the same thing and I then I remember that if they don’t like the way I look or act they don’t need to talk to me.