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Leaving home at eighteen to go out on my own and start my own life, there were many things I wasn’t prepared for. Because of my ascribed status at birth, being born to poor parents, I couldn’t afford to go to college, and even if I could, I really had no idea of what I wanted to do with my life. I guess that as agents of socialization, my parents did not know how to prepare me for the world of work. Thus, I had little anticipatory socialization for the workplace. I just figured I could find a job that would pay me well enough that I could afford to have all the things I never had growing up.
I truly believed that I could do anything a man could do, and deserved to be paid the same for the same work. With this in mind, I found a job in a manufacturing plant where I was, it appeared, the “token” female employee. My fellow employees were all men, and I was placed in the uncomfortable position of having to prove that I not only could do the job, but was also “one of the guys.” I soon came to learn that gender role differences are apparent in the workplace. While there are the obvious physical differences and capabilities, there are also the differences in how each gender deals with perceived problems, whether it is pertaining to the job at hand, or the interaction with fellow employees. By being the only female in a male dominated workplace, I had numerous problems to overcome. The most prevalent one was sexual harassment. I felt that I was treated as an “object”, one that had been hired simply to provide enjoyment for
the men. I had been at work an hour when the first suggestive remark came out. Being only 19 years old at the time, I had very little experience with dealing with this and was completely at a loss as to how to handle the situation. Sad to say, I handled it exactly wrong; by losing my temper. I pointed out, in no uncertain terms, that I was not a piece of meat and did not appreciate his attention. This gave him the opportunity to make another remark, this one aimed at women in the workplace in general, which caused another outburst on my part. Needless to say, by the end of my first day, it wouldn’t have mattered if I had been the best machine operator to walk in the door in a long time. By allowing this man to make me lose my temper, I had also given them a validation of the opinions they already held: that women didn’t belong in their line of work; they were too emotional and physically unsuited for the work.
Nowhere in my reading was there any information on how men were to deal with the situation. I found this to be totally unfair, and felt that maybe it was in my power to at least educate the men I was working with in proper work etiqu.
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1. Sample section of
Student Socioautobiography
Below is an example of what you may include in your
socioautobiography. Notice how the key terms are in bold blue
font. This is the format that I want you to use, since it directs
me to the concepts that you are using to frame what you are
writing.
Leaving home at eighteen to go out on my own and start my
own life, there were many things I wasn’t prepared for. Because
of my ascribed status at birth, being born to poor parents, I
couldn’t afford to go to college, and even if I could, I really had
no idea of what I wanted to do with my life. I guess that as
agents of socialization, my parents did not know how to prepare
me for the world of work. Thus, I had little anticipatory
socialization for the workplace. I just figured I could find a job
that would pay me well enough that I could afford to have all
the things I never had growing up.
I truly believed that I could do anything a man could do, and
deserved to be paid the same for the same work. With this in
mind, I found a job in a manufacturing plant where I was, it
appeared, the “token” female employee. My fellow employees
were all men, and I was placed in the uncomfortable position of
having to prove that I not only could do the job, but was also
“one of the guys.” I soon came to learn that gender role
differences are apparent in the workplace. While there are the
obvious physical differences and capabilities, there are also the
differences in how each gender deals with perceived problems,
whether it is pertaining to the job at hand, or the interaction
with fellow employees. By being the only female in a male
dominated workplace, I had numerous problems to overcome.
The most prevalent one was sexual harassment. I felt that I was
treated as an “object”, one that had been hired simply to provide
enjoyment for
the men. I had been at work an hour when the first suggestive
2. remark came out. Being only 19 years old at the time, I had very
little experience with dealing with this and was completely at a
loss as to how to handle the situation. Sad to say, I handled it
exactly wrong; by losing my temper. I pointed out, in no
uncertain terms, that I was not a piece of meat and did not
appreciate his attention. This gave him the opportunity to make
another remark, this one aimed at women in the workplace in
general, which caused another outburst on my part. Needless to
say, by the end of my first day, it wouldn’t have mattered if I
had been the best machine operator to walk in the door in a long
time. By allowing this man to make me lose my temper, I had
also given them a validation of the opinions they already held:
that women didn’t belong in their line of work; they were too
emotional and physically unsuited for the work.
Nowhere in my reading was there any information on how men
were to deal with the situation. I found this to be totally unfair,
and felt that maybe it was in my power to at least educate the
men I was working with in proper work etiquette in regards to
women. Learning about sociological theories enabled me to gain
confidence and the added confidence in my manner helped me
to better handle the stress of dealing with various gender issues.
For example, we discussed how socialist feminism has its roots
in Conflict Theory proposed by Karl Marx. According to Marx,
the root of social inequality lies in the economy. This makes
sense, since women like me constantly have a harder time than
men in the workplace, for reasons that I addressed above.
I found that most of the men were actually feeling threatened by
the whole equal rights rhetoric. Feeling unsure and
uncomfortable with the idea, they tended to revert to
the patriarchy that their upbringing dictated. Like me, most of
them had been raised in families where Dad worked and Mom
stayed home with the kids. Having women move into the
workplace was just as disorienting for them as it was for the
women, and not having the skills to be able to communicate
with women only added to their sense of disorientation. I
realized that our similar upbringing reflected the Structural
3. Functional Theory, which supports the idea of everyone in
society behaving according to roles that help society function as
a whole. The disorientation represented anomie, which
Durkheim wrote results when there are too many competing
social norms.
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Glossary
Anomie: condition of social normlessness (chapter 7)
Conflict Theory: Addresses the points of stress and conflict in
society in the ways in which they contribute to social change
(chpater 1)
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48. used to formulate your ideas for this assignment, since these
allow you to reflect on material that we cover in a way that is
personal to you.
By the end of the semester you will have a document that
describes things about your own life, framed within sociological
theories, concepts and terminology. Submit your document
using Microsoft Word. Your final document will include a
glossary, including identified chapters, to correspond to the
sociological terms used in the body of the paper.
You will quickly see that as you write the drafts, you will be
building the socio- autobiography. You will find that the socio-
autobiography seems be writing itself, and you will gain a new
appreciation of your own experiences, as you place them in
sociological context.
The purpose of this paper is for me to share my life story from a
sociologist view. I will be covering several events throughout
my lifespan that had help shape me into the individual I am
today. I will do this by use one term per chapter that was cover
during this course. I will also be reflecting back on the weekly
discussing. There were a lot of variable thought-out my
duration.
I was born in Florida in 1971. As I look back on my life, I
recognize some of the events that help shape the person I am
49. today. The social setting of large families was the norm back
then. As it is different today, where families have few children,
I come from a family of nine children. I am the third oldest and
have to take on many different roles. Being born into an
ascribed status, I was determined to change my status from
poverty to at least middle class. As my agents of socialization,
my parents did not stress how important education; either of
them did not finish school. In my mind being successful meant
doing well in school. My life took it first major change during
the end of my fifth grade year of schooling, my parents
separated. My mother drinking increase, which I found myself
in experiencing my first role conflict between her and my
grades cause I have less time to study. I have to learned how to
balance schooling with help taking care of my sibling; so I
guess you can, as that was also my status change from sister to
partial care provider. This was a difficult time for me being the
second oldest daughter. My older sister escapes this
responsible. For some reason our parents sent her to live with
our father parents in Cordele, Georgia. I always felt I got the
short end of the stick. I have to make sacrifice but she did not.
And still today I am look at being the oldest of nine when I am
actually the third oldest.
My mother passed right after my 11th birthday, this was
depressing, and it caused me a state of anomie. I was angry with
both of my parents more so with my father, I felt he let me
50. down as a father so I held him responsible for her death. I felt
confused and engaged in irresponsible behaviors, such as hang
out late nights and doing unspeakable things. I was annoyed
with the world and did not know how to process the grief I was
in this probably why I became a social deviance. Fortunately, I
moved from Florida to Georgia to stay with grandparents, a
move that helped in my social construction. The distance from
my peers helped me desist from irresponsible traits; my
grandmother had a way of telling educational and insightful
stories that instilled good life values in me. To date, I still
practice the values my grandmother taught me and have instilled
in my friends and siblings.
My social network in Georgia was my family. We were surround
with uncles, aunts, and cousins. This was the first time I lived
in a neighborhood were everyone was family. It was strange at
first but I learned how to adapt. My friends were my cousins.
We did everything together. It was like a close and tight
community until tragic strike again. We had grown secure and
strong with my grandmother only for her to pass on when I was
at the age of sixteen. The demise of my grandmother was a big
blow to me as it caused an immense culture shock in my life, I
questioned life and became skeptical of the things and people
around me. The strong pillars of my life, my mom and
grandmother were taken away; leaving a huge void that affected
how I viewed life onwards. Due to the culture shock, I decided
51. to be emotionless and brave, which made me overcome life
hurdles to date.
I moved backed to Florida to stay with father and his new wife.
I understood he needed a life companion and it was one of the
norms for people to be married even after their partner passed
on. My father new wife did not want to take of eight children.
My oldest was grown and married when grandmother passed.
So, once again I had to take on the role as partial care provider.
As previously education was not stressed as necessary in our
household because of different ideologies and culture lag. My
father had grown up in a family background that did not identify
well with education; his new wife was also uneducated. The two
had a culture lag in matters of education; their ideologies were
about working hard and not committing to distractions like
education.
I was fortunate enough to convince my father on the essence of
education, and he supported me all through. I graduated in 1989
fighting the setbacks in my life with a positivist sociology
mindset; it helped me to keep focus. Socialization was exciting
to me, and I ensured I made new friends. I earned a one-
semester scholarship that I thought would have helped with my
52. consumerism since I would save my funds. Instead, I decided to
join the military; this was mainly due to the media, it portrayed
the military as an honorable career. Media also helped throw
light on gender roles, which allowed me to pursue the male-
dominated career. I served a total of 22 years of military
service.
My first duty station was Germany where I enjoyed a foreign
national status; I always wanted to travel and experience a new
culture. First time being away from family was an exciting
experience for me. I felt I was on my way of making my dream
come true about middle class. I travel and visited several
Europe countries while I was stationed there.
I became pregnant and was married in 1991 in Denmark. One
year unto my marriage I discovered that I was not in a dyad. We
seek marriage counseling to save our current lifestyle because
of our child. Regrettably, the marriage counseling did not help
much. We later ask our pastor to be the mediator; however due
to many conflicts we could not workout, we divorced in 1994. I
was determined did not get married again because of the lack of
trust I developed toward the opposite sex.
My second duty station would be Elpaso, Texas, which was a
line unit that consists of more males than female. Unlike my
first duty station, which was a not, a line unit that consists of
53. more female and males equality conditions was not granted to
me. I have to prove that I can be just a good as my male
counterparts.
My third duty station would be Augusta, Georgia. This is where
I meet my second husband. We dated for six months and before
he asks me to marry him. This was a very hard decision for me
because he was of a different race. And I was worry about my
family not accepting him. Even though, my family never
displayed racism I was still mull over. I was also bearing in
mind about our children future as well. Being be of an
interracial family how would life be for them. And also they
would always be thought of as African American because of the
one-drop rule. I gave in and remarried in 1995 as a result of the
reflection theory; I wanted to have a united family that would
see us grow into the future. Therefore, I thought hard and
settled for a partner who has held my hand since then.
My second child was born in 1996. Two years later I was
assigned to South Korea on an unaccompanied tour for one year;
my third duty station. This was one of my hardest duty station
the first time being separated from my children. I contemplated
about ending my career in the military. But six months into my
tour it got easier and I was granted mid tour leave which help a
lot. I found after this separation the next ones came much
54. easier.
My second son was born at my fourth duty station, which was in
Killen, Texas. I was untied with my family there. I was
prejudice by my male peer because I was a female. I last female
that held my current slot lack the drive. I had to proved that I
was not her and do not judge me before you know me. I was
now in charge a Logistical Warehouse. I have 34 soldiers that
fall under my supervisor once they were release by the Platoon
Sergeant; he was my peer. The first Platoon run was to rest me.
The Platoon Sergeant lost over half his soldiers’ trying to out
run me. Let say; I did not have anymore problem with this male
peer for the rest of my tour there after our first run.
My fifth duty station would be Germany again. I have the
opportunity to revisit so of my favorite places the second time
around. I love sharing these experiences with my family. It felt
good to know that I was open their eyes to different culture and
how our culture compare to others culture. This help me validity
what type of example I was setting for why children.
My sixth duty station would be Honolulu, Hawaii. This was my
long I place assignment due to all the deployments. I was
deployed three times from Hawaii to a combat zone for over 15
months each time. This was not good for my marriage or my
children. We are had to adjust to me coming and going
55. sometime without knowing for how long. After my last
deployment I was great ill. I was always on sick role. Two years
later I retired from the military with an honorable discharge.
Life was pretty much normal until last year. My older brother
was diagnose with stomach cancer and was given six months to
live. He was the first to pass away out of the nine of us. He was
48 years old. I took with very hard. I did not think I was going
to be able to recover from such a terrific event. I start going
back to church and seek help from the pastor to help me
understand and cope with this lost.
In conclusion my lifespan have experience several trajectories,
main events, and turning points.
Glossary
Anomie: a sense of aimlessness or despair that arises when we
can no longer reasonably expect life to be predictable; too little
social regulation; normlessness (chapter 1)
Agents of socialization: Family, Schools, Peers, Media;
the socialization that we receive in childhood has a lasting
effect on our ability to interact with others in society (chapter
4)
56. Ascribed Status: a status into which one is born; involuntary
status (chapter 4)
Consumerism: the steady acquisition of material possessions,
often with the belief that happiness and fulfillment can thus be
achieved (chapter 3)
Culture: the sum of the social categories and concepts we
embrace in addition to beliefs, behaviors (except instinctual
ones), and practices; everything but the natural environment
around us (chapter 3)
Culture lag: the time gap between appearance of a new
technology in unfamiliar culture (chapter 3)
Culture shock: doubt, confusion, or anxiety arising from
immersion in an unfamiliar culture (chapter 3)
Dyad: a group of two (chapter 5)
Equality of condition: the idea that everyone should be an equal
starting point (chapter 7)
Gender role: sets of behavioral norms assumed to accompany
one’s status as male or female (chapter 8)
57. Ideology: a system of concepts and relationships, an
understanding of cause and effect (chapter 3)
Media: any formats, platforms, or vehicles that carry, present,
or communicate information (chapter 3)
Mediator: the member of a triad who attempts to resolve
conflict between the two other actors in the group (chapter 5)
Middle class: a term commonly used to describe those
individuals with nonmanual jobs that pay significantly more
than the poverty line – though this is a highly debated and
expansive category, particularly in the united States, where
broad swathes of the population consider themselves middle
class (chapter 7)
Norm: how values tell us to behave (chapter 3)
One –drop rule: the belief that “one drop” of black blood makes
a person black, a concept that evolved from U.S. laws
forbidding miscegenation (chapter 9)
Positivist sociology: a strain within sociology that believes the
social world can be described and predicted by certain
observable relationships (akin to social physics) (chapter 1)
58. Prejudice: thoughts and feeling about an ethic or racial group,
which lead to preconceived notions and judgments (often
Negative) about the group (chapter 9)
Racism: the belief that members of separate races possess
different and unequal traits (chapter 9)
Reflection theory: the idea that culture is a projection of social
structures and relationships into the public sphere, a screen onto
which the film of the underlying reality or social structures of a
society is projected (chapter 3)
Role: the duties and behaviors expected of someone who holds a
particular status (chapter 4)
Role Conflict: the tension caused by competing demands
between two or more roles pertaining to different statuses
(chapter 4)
Sex: the biological differences that distinguish males from
females (chapter 8)
Sick role: concept describing the social rights and obligations
of a sick individual (chapter 10)
59. Social Construction: an entity that exists because people behave
as if it exists and whose existence is perpetuated as people and
social institutions act in accordance with the widely agreed-
upon formal rules or informal norms of behavior associated with
the entity (chapter 1)
Social deviance: any transgression of socially established norms
(chapter 6)
Social network: a set of relations – essentially, a set of dyads-
held together by ties between individuals (chapter 5)
Socialization: the process by which individuals internalize the
values, beliefs, and norms of a given society and learn to
function as members of that society (chapter 4)
Status: a recognizable social position that an individual
occupies (chapter 4)
Validity: the extent to which an instrument measures what it is
intended to measure (chapter 2)
Valves: moral beliefs (chapter 1)