Are our identities established through choice or constructed for us by

society and what is expected of us in line with our gender, class and culture?

Can we change our identities to fit in with how we want society to see us rather

than how society expects to see us?

Firstly we should not confuse personality with identity. Personality traits may be

something we have in common with people we meet but identifying with a certain

social group is something we choose to do usually as a result of the things we

have in common. Personality is categorised as an internal characteristic not a

choice. (Woodward 2004, p.6)

Identity is, on the whole, how we are seen by society. Our identities

are first formed by the initial factors that are present at birth alongside the society

we are born into. This is based on several factors; gender being the most

obvious of these. Other factors include skin colour, language and ethnicity.

These factors......

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Title: To What Extent Can We Form Our Own Identities
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