Complexity Of Identity

What do you consider to be the most salient aspects of your identity, and why? Where does this identity come from? How do you believe that this identity shapes the lens through which you view the world and interact with others, particularly those who may be viewed as different from you?

As a human being, I feel that there are a multitude of facets that make up my identity. They all conincide with oneanother to define who I am. In class we considered 24 different categories alone. However, some of those categories are more salient to me personally than others. When I consider my identity I first think of categories on the personal identity wheel as those are the aspects of myself I value most. I think of my traits and my interests. I have more
I constantly am affected by socialization as a female, and I am often worrying or pondering what it means to be asexual in this world. As Tatum suggests in “The Complexity of Identity: Who Am I?”, I recognize the aspects of my identity that I am most disadvantaged in. However, this tendency highlights an important caveat in my identity. While I deem that gender and sexual orientation as salient to me personally, that does not diminish the effects of my other identities on who I am and how the world interacts with me. For example, I do not often consider my race as a white person when I think of my identity but that does not lessen the effect of race on how I see myself and how the world sees me (Tatuam). So while I deem gender and sexual orientation as salient to my identity, it does not truly diminish other aspects of my identity. I am the sum of all of my parts. whether or not I recognize this all the time or not, it is an imperative thing to consider as I explore my interactions with the world and I how I view
I constantly notice sexism, and is constantly affects how I interact with others as I must conform to cultural power structure. I sometimes worry if I am being too much of a burden, or other things that socialized me to consider things that men don’t have to. I notice the emphasis on heterosexual relationships in our society. I find myself in awkward social situations when relationships are being discussed or other students are participating in normal “hookup” activities because I know I can’t relate or interact in a normal way. I am forced to adjust how I interact with the world based on the norms of male and