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- Men and Women
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- What influences a personÆs identity? Is it their homes, parents, religion, or maybe
- where they live? When do they get one? Do they get it when they understand right from
- wrong, or when they can read, or are they born with it? Everyone has one and nobody has
- the same, is there a point in everyoneÆs life when they get one? A personÆs identity is his
- own, nobody put it there and nobody can take it out. Everyone in this world has a
- different identity because they all make their own over the course of their life. A personÆs
- identity also causes a person to have masculine and feminine traits. There is no one thing
- that gives a person their identity, there are however many different factors that contribute
- to oneÆs identity.
- What is someoneÆs identity? Is it the way they look, the way they dress, or it
- could be many things all put together, or is it none of the above? To me someoneÆs
- identity is a part of their being. Nobody will ever hold it, touch it, or even see it, but it is
- there. Everybody has one, it guilds your decision making, your thoughts, ideas, and
- dreams. You may think something is terrible while someone else does not even care and
- yet another person may laugh, why? The answer is simple, everyone has his own identity
- and personality. Everyone feels, acts, thinks, and dreams differently. People may have
- some of these things in common with one another, but they will not be totally the same, it
- is like a fingerprint, unique.
- There are many origins to a personÆs identity, their family, friends, home life,
- religion, environment and others. But how does it get there, you do not go into a store
- and pick on off the shelf. A personÆs identity is developed over many years and put
- together by the person themselves. It comes from the individuals ability to think, reason
- and form an opinion. Nobody has the same mind, or the same or the same conscious, so
- how could anyone have the same identity as another. A personÆs identity is developed
- over many years from the time they become aware of their surroundings, to the time they
- decide if they are going to college, and even as they grow old there identity will change
- with them. As peopleÆs dreams are dreamed and goals are accomplished their identities
- will change with the individual. Their aspirations and values will change, causing their
- identities to change with it. It may be a slight alteration or a major overhaul but there
- identity will adjust to the person.
- One of the factors of forming an identity will obviously be your family. OneÆs
- family if invaluable to them. Your family may not be your biological parents or ever a
- blood relative at all, but nobody in this world can live from birth without some one. But
- no matter who it is, they will be the people who take care of you when you are sick or aid
- you when you need help. These people will be there with you for a long time and yes they
- will have a major impact on what you turn out to be it the future. A lot off people are
- fortunate enough to live with a mother and a father, they may ever have some brothers and
- sisters to play with as they grow up. But ever with the same family influences, brothers
- and sisters still do not have the same identities Some may even say having a ôtraditionalö
- family would be bad for the development of an identity. For example, what kind identity
- would a young girl develop if see repeatedly saw her father beat on her mother. She
- would probably not feel the same as another girl whose father always showed love and
- caring for her mother. What about a teenager who used drugs as often as he changed his
- underwear. Would his younger brother, in looking up to him, feel the same as another boy
- who grew up never seeing an illegal drug before. If family members have no regard for
- keeping the other members of the family on the right path to being a good person, then
- what will they become. A large part of how someone turns out is due to the family. A
- good , solid, caring family may give rise to a kinder, gentler person than a family that does
- not care whether the children get into trouble. Kids grow up seeing their parents and how
- they act, or not seeing their parents at all. Proper parenting will lead to better identities in
- there children.
- Gender is a major cause for a personÆs identity. A person might act a certain way
- because of the gender that is given to them. It is often referred that a person might act a
- certain way because it is in their nature. A personÆs nature is a major reason that causes a
- persons identity. A person might be mentally sick and just go crazy on people. This is
- part of the personÆs nature, he is going to do what his nature compels him to. A personÆs
- nature might also influence a person to act like a man or a woman. A man might be a man
- but have feminine traits. This is the nature of his mind. Nature and identity also
- characterize how the person acts. The nature of someone might make someone act
- stronger in their own sex. Identity can be seen in even the youngest of children as soon a
- a child is ready to make their own decision, no matter how trivial the decision might be,
- the child is starting to create his or her own identity and define their own nature. This
- nature can be seen in children too. One childÆs nature might make a little girl act like a
- boy, also called a tomboy. This means that the girl just like to play with boys and do
- æboyÆ things. While another girl, with a different mentality, might play with Barbie dolls
- and dress in a pink dress.
- Nature and identity might make a woman act the way that she does. In the stories
- The Astronomers Wife by Kate Boyle and A Respectable Woman by Kate Chopin the
- woman are defiantly feminine. Maybe they are too feminine for their husbands who
- seemingly cannot satisfy their women fully. If the husbands were doing their æjobÆ in the
- women would not be cheating on them. The husbands seemingly cannot satisfy their
- women fully or they wouldnÆt be interested in others. Either the women needs mental
- satisfaction or physical satisfaction. Another reason a woman would cheat on her husband
- is it might be part of her identity, a part of who she is. In this case there probably is no
- chance that she will not cheat on her husband. A personÆs nature might cause a person to
- want and need things that they already have. Why else would a man, who has a faithful
- wife for years, cheat on her wife someone whom he probably barely knows.
- Siblings grow up together, they play together, and they have fun together. But
- eventually they will get there own friends and make there own decisions, this also leads to
- a personÆs identity. Not all people like all the same things or people. Joe may be friends
- with Larry, and Larry may like Bob, but Joe may not like Bob. There is no reason to hate
- each other, they just do not mix. Friends also play a part in a personÆs developing an
- identity, they are also a good indicator of oneÆs identity. Whether you hang around wall
- street all day or you work on your farm all day, may tell a little about your identity.
- Neither is better than the other but they probably have different interests and likes. That
- does not mean they can not be friends and get along, they will just be different.
- A personÆs religion can also play a big role in oneÆs identity. People who grow up
- belonging to a religion would be a lot more likely to continue on with it when they grow
- older than someone who never believed in one, to start. Religion can have a rather large
- effect on a person forming an identity. If a person learns to treat others with respect and
- kindness as they were young, they may keep it with them as they turn into adults. On the
- other hand a religion could have negative effects on a personÆs identity. For instance,
- belonging to a cult that believes in sacrificing animals or even humans would not give a
- person a very nice identity. Especially when compared to a person who grew up as a
- practicing Roman Catholic. A personÆs beliefs can easily lead a person into making a
- decision, especially regarding ethics or kindness. The person growing up not caring about
- anything but themselves could easily make a different choice than a person that was
- taught to be respectful to other people. However this is not always the case, religion can
- only work if the person decides to follow it and adhere to it. A person who goes to
- church every Sunday with their parents and does not care about it will probably not have a
- large religious effect on their identity, it may even cause the person to think ôwho needs
- religion, it is useless.ö A personÆs identity is his own, they make it and develop it however
- they choose to. Religion may play a part, or not, it may be bad or good, but the individual
- has the final say.
- Your environment does not just mean your outside surroundings, this also refers to
- your home. People live en all kinds of homes and I do not mean a ranch or a cabin. Your
- home life is also your environment. Is it clean and neat or is it bug infested and dirty.
- Kids growing up in all kinds of homes will form different identities. Will they be ôneat
- freaksö or will they not care how they live in their houses. It is a shame to see people
- living in filthy, run down places. The kids who come out of neat, clean homes would
- probably be different in how they look at dirt and grime. Do they care or not?
- Men and women are different because of society has set them up with. It is
- observed for men to be strong and women to be weak. Also it is in the mentality of the
- person who is making the comparison to choose how a woman or man is supposed to
- think. For example one man might think women should be in the house all day making
- food, cleaning, and making babies. On the other hand another man might like to stay
- home and take care of the kids and the house while the wife works. In todayÆs society
- they are both acceptable but the second choice is becoming an ever more popular choice.
- Another mentality that a man might have is that all women are æslutsÆ and æbitchesÆ. If this
- mode of thought is used then the person probably has very little respect for a woman.
- Many rap stars have this mentality about woman. ôBitches ainÆt sh*t but hoes and
- tricks...ö (Dr. Dre). This is a line from Dr. DreÆs album The Chronic. The is the type of
- thinking that might lead someone to think that all women cheat on their husbands. In the
- story The AstronomerÆs Wife by Kate Boyle, the husband was asleep probably had no idea
- that his wife was about to cheat on him with the plumber it probably never even crossed
- his mind. Also in A Respectable Woman by Kate Chopin, the wife tries to be honest and
- true but she has a lot of feeling for a man whom she does not really know. The husband
- trusts his wife greatly he wants her to be friends with his friend, but the wife has
- something different in mind. She wants the man sexually. The husband has no idea of her
- intentions. There are many reasons that make men and women act the way they do. It
- could be a number of possibilities but mostly is the way they were raised.
- However with all these factors related to forming an identity the most important
- and most influential is the person themselves. We see people every day, some whom we
- want to be like and some we hope we never turn out like. With all the other outside
- factors to guide and help or push and hamper, the individual has the last say. You are the
- only on who says what you want to be like over the course of your life. Nobody will ever
- get inside your mind and do the thinking for you. Nobody can influence you, you may feel
- as if you are being forced to do something but you do not have to do anything. You make
- the final decision. However you act, think, and speak is totally up to you.
- People grow up all coming from all different kinds of places, backgrounds and
- families. They will all have different identities. Gender affects the decisions made by
- people. Their identity and the ænatureÆ of the person makes them act the way they do.
- Nobody is the same and nobody will ever be. All the outside influences will have an effect
- on their identities but the individual has the last word on it. Nobody is the same because
- each person will form his own identity to what ever they want to be like.
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