Discovering One's Identity

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A good portion of the sociology course I'm taking is discussion of how people interact socially through their identity and the roles they themselves and other people (parents, peers, teachers, the media, et al.) play in defining it. People sometimes welcome their social identities with open arms; others hide it (e.g., closeted gay people).

So what labels define parts of your social identity?

I'll start by listing some of mine:

• Human being
• Male
• Young adult (twenty-one years of age)
• Citizen of the United States of America
• Resident of the state of Missouri
• Inhabitant of St. Louis
• Nonreligious
• Liberal
• College student
• Major in computer science
• Minor in French language and literature
• White
• Heterosexual
• Red haired
• Left handed
• Individual with Asperger's syndrome
• Cat lover
• Omnivore
• Underemployed
• Surgered (had surgery performed on my right shoulder)
• Bicycle rider
• Fan of the outdoors
• Creative
• Intelligent
• Funny
• That guy nobody "gets"
• Food lover
• Lover of love
• Occasional jackoninist
  

Parts of the social identity of Fiz:

-Human being also
-Female (yay, I love being a woman its fab)
-I'm also a young adult (23 years)
-A British citizen
-White, blue eyed and naturally dark blonde hair but recently dyed it blue/black
-Nonreligious as from the age of 16
-Left handed and proud as Im only one of 20% woo hoo, not common
-Have AS, and proud of this too
-Unemployed (such is life)
-Have a BSc (Hons) Biology
-Crazy
-Off-the-wall
-Intelligent
-Loyal
-Have some slight social ineptitude
-Omnivorous but swaying towards vegetarian as I choose not to eat meat that much
-In touch with my emotions, just
-Trusting and naive
-Petite but not to be messed with
-Funny, or so I get told a lot
-Expressive in an individual way
-And so on, there's a lot to me you know....

Hmmmm I'm not sure, I mean women do talk about relationships with men (I think this is universally known) but we talk about it in a different way. From what I can gather, men talk about how to get women and seduction techniques whereas women tend to talk about security issues and how to make a proper relationship work (although yes we talk about sex also), I don't really talk to women much if Im honest, dont know why.

I do feel that gay men are men but the stereotypical one has a whiney voice, b*****s and gossips and takes an interest in, stereotypically, feminine pursuits. However this is not always the case. I know about 7 gay men and they are all different. I tend to find, though, that gay men are more expressive about their feelings which makes it easier for me to relate to them as I know where I stand with them and when they are your friends, theyre your friend for life generally. Out of the seven there is only one I dont get on with but then he's a sad old bully so he doesnt matter to me.

I fall into many things myself as an identity, but many people don't really know what type of stereotype to put me into. I've got elements of hippieness, redneck, rockstar and geek all in me.

so, here's a start on some of the more common elements:

human male
white
age 32
long, dark blond hair
under 150 pounds weight
5ft 8 in tall
very skinny
doesn't favor any hand
largely carnivorous diet
electronic technician by trade
outdoorsman by hobby
suburban homeowner
USA citizen
residing in Central Virginia
Baptist Protestant
Libretarian political leaning
energy conservationist

...of course an Aspie!

hmmm...
I am:
male
human
18 years old
bisexual( and proud)
both-handed slight preference for right.
american (but not at all proud of this)
from NY state( same as above)
High School student ( sucky)
Liberal/Socialist ( I'm proud of this)
Atheist ( really proud of this)
Intelligent( or so I've been told)
ADHD (to a fair extent)
Mild Aspie (to a greater extent)
High Anxiety and Depression ( which is bad..so very bad)
low self esteem ( I hate myself sometimes)
Cat lover ( awww )
Tall ( 6' 2")
A little bit heavy ( 245 lb )
White Skinned lightly tanned (not pale)
Curly Blackish brown hair ( very unkempt)
deep blue eyes ( yep )
Unsure of my self (oh woe is me )
some what geeky ( not that trekkie though)
Independent minded ( yep )
Single ( ah not that important)
lovesick ( oh woe is me )
Loyal and Kind in dealings with others ( it's true)
running out of ideas ( better be quiet now )