Social Construction
Paper details:
After watching the video about Social Constructionism, answer the following questions in a discussion post:
[2 points] Explain in your own words describe how one of the following examples demonstrates a concept that is socially constructed (choose language, nations, books, or self).
[4 points] Now apply what we have learned about Social Constructionism as it relates to gender. In your own words, what does it mean to say that gender is socially constructed?
[2 points] According to Michael Kimmel, the textbook author, “It’s the task of the sociological perspective to specify the ways in which our own experiences, our interactions with others, and institutions combine to shape our sense of who we are.
Biology provides the raw materials, whereas society and history provide the context, the instruction manual that we follow to construct our identities.” (p. 116, 6th edition). Think about your own journey to become yourself. What are the top 2 influences to how you have come to thicgonk of yourself and your identity?
