Blog Post 6

The “other” group I have chosen to use today is one that I fall into, by birth, and not by choice, not that if given I wouldn’t choose this group. I choose to write my paper over being a Lefty, a predominant left handed person. I feel as though this group may not be as big of minority as others, but I also know how many times it’s overlooked. 

I will most likely use “texts about” this group, or maybe a combination of by and about, but not texts off topic. I will focus on statistics and comparsion between lefties and righties. I’m also hoping to use texts and perhaps some testimonies, and actual evidence that there’s no disadvantage to either one. I currently feel that the only move left to start with is research, and then outline that from there. 

Social Construction

To me, social construction is an under-talked about subject. I think that is so because the term isn't necessarily positive. Roles have been placed in our system through nature. Lions leave the hunting to the females, while the males sleep and rest all day, ever so watchful of the pride’s territory. While us as humans have let this social construction into our lives. I believe that we are moving forward, as a species. Ever so slightly developing into these more complex constructions.

During the Ted Talk "Understanding the Complexities of Gender” Sam defines genders and their roles as we see them in modern day America, "Boys are aggressive, impetuous, good at math, love the color blue. They get dirty, rough house, play sports, not house. Trucks and soldiers and legos are their toys, but they break them all, ‘cuz boys will be boys.”  meanwhile, "Girls are passive, docile, natural caretakers, love the color pink, born to be good bakers. They hate bugs, love hugs, and are better at vacuuming rugs.” 

Based on “Social Construction” by Hanfler, we base our reality upon what society has constructed, and when “people agree on a definition of the situation they act in predictable ways.” But for those not born in to those definitions, life isn’t that straight forward. This social construction that has worked for our species for so long, has got to evolve, it has evolved between races, it has evolved between two genders, but was we know from Sam’s talk especially, there’s not longer the case of two definitions but that of many. These definitions need freedom to learn and grow, and deserve to be treated just like any one else. So social construction can be a bad thing and good thing. It’s simply the question of whether or not it can develop, along with us?