Sociological Perspective Analysis

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Being raised in a single parent family home, has opened my eyes to many perspectives discussed in family society class. [opting out, choice gap, second shift roles, separate spheres, and plan b] perspectives have taught me different ways to look at families in society today. When I examined these perspectives, not only did it put me in a situation to think of different outcomes to better families, but it also made me brainstorm on how these perspectives play an important role in careers, and how sometimes they are not really discussed amongst society today. Within this paper I will explain and display sociological perspective examples that lead to relation stories within my life period.
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Growing up my biological father was not involved in my life, so I never knew what it felt like to have a father figure. Down the line my mom began dating one guy and they became very close, then later on in life they both got married. This was not only the best day of my mom’s life but my life also because I was willing to accept another father figure in my life and treat him as if he was my biological father. Within their relationship there were a lot of up’s and downs that had different dilemmas. These dilemmas lead to the [plan b] perspective. According to Skolnick (2011), The [plan b] perspective is “a fallback strategy for both men and women”. (Skolnick 2011, p94-95). My mom and stepdad’s relationship was set up similar to [plan b]. After marriage they both had many planned expectations they wanted within their marriage. These planned expectations included; moving in together into a house, and paying on the house together, traveling, and more. Some of the planned expectations my parents expected throughout their years of marriage did not all work out conveniently, so they had a fallback strategy just in case something did not work …show more content…

As I look back on everything I learned from pre-k through college, there are a lot of key points I can reflect on from learning different sociological perspectives in college. This leads to the perspective [separate spheres], which according to Skolnick (2011) is “the distinction and expectations of men and women roles” (Skolnick, 2011 p84). When I was younger I never looked at my parent’s occupations and placed them in the [separate spheres] perspective, until I entered college. After taking a couple of sociology courses, I connected my parents to the expectation of the perspective [separate spheres]. My mom always worked and came home to cook dinner, clean, and prepare clothing for the following day. While my dad on the other hand always worked two jobs, and rarely came home to help my mom contribute to any of the house norms she did every day after work. This made me realize that this perspective not only took place in 1840-1890, but it still consists in society norms

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