Rape Culture

The rape culture in today’s society seems as if it has become the normal. Everywhere we look we see, and are being told that if we want something to go get it. When we listen to music and analyze the lyrics they are all about women and taking what you want. We see on TV how women are dressed, how they act, and how they are used as sex symbols. It almost doesn’t matter what you are watching on TV, reading in the news, or listing to on the radio, the image of sex is portrayed as if it is ok. When teens see that sex is ok and then on top of that they are told if they want something then they should go get it this causes more rapes to happen.

Who is to blame for the rape culture to be on the rise? I believe the media is to blame for all of this. The media can have the largest influence on the American people. When the media is full of all of the rape culture it fills the people with the idea that rape is ok. With the number of rapes rapidly increasing there is no other reason that it could happen. It is already proven that if people see their favorite actor or singer doing something they will follow in their footsteps. This is the case with the rape culture. People are seeing famous people doing all of these things so they are following then and there ideas.

ME

Heredity plays a big part in everyone’s life including mine. I get many traits from my parents such as hair color and eye color. Not everything I get from my parents is just my traits it’s also many of my acquired skill. Skills I got from my parents are this like knowing how to work on vehicles and how to how to repair random things around the house that need to be fixed.

I feel that birth order had affected me and how I act. Being a middle child I had to learn quickly to fend for myself often. I also had to learn to be a negotiator to try and get myself out of trouble when I did something wrong. I usually only got in trouble because I did not like to follow the authority of others such as my parents.

Parental characteristics or characteristics developed due to our parents also play a role in how I have turned out as a person. When I was born my parents were in there thirties, giving them time to figure things out with my older siblings. I grew up going to church every Sunday, as soon as I got old enough I got a job. I got the job so I could have some extra spending money. I used this money and bought my own car.

The cultural environment can affect everyone because it is what we are exposed to in everyday life.  This has taught me how to socialize and interact with certain people. It has also taught me this like traditions such as holidays to celebrate. It also has affected how we celebrate this like birthdays.

In all these are the things that have shaped me, and have affected the way that I have turned out. Whether it’s the people around us, the place you were born in your family, or the genes that have been given to us by our parents. You will escape these things that greatly influence you in your everyday life.

 

Birth Order

I do believe that the birth order of children affects their personalities. In my family I can see that the order we are born has affected the roles we have taken on. The oldest in my family is responsible, driven leadership material, and so on. These are characteristics of the oldest sibling and the roles they take on. Now in my family there are many middle children, we aren’t all the same but we all show rolls of the middle children. Some of us are peacemakers, creative, and all of us are independent, working on our own. According to frank Sulloway, “Within the family they are about as strong as gender differences.” In my family I see this to be true. I see that mainly the girls are the peacemakers, and the guys are the negotiators. As for the youngest in the family is can easily see how she is dependent, creative, and comical/entertaining. These are the things that I can easily see about the birth order in my family, if this is true for my families there are many more family’s this fits. I believe that this is true for mist families but may not apply to all family. This could be due to how the children are treated and raised.