Identity Freewrite

Holly Leonard

Sept. 8, 2016

Prof. Young

ENGL 1100, Writing Workshop

Identity Freewriting

Identity to me is something that someone sees in themselves and bases who they are off of it. Some may find that their identity makes up their entire image or personality. Identities are very important to some people because it makes them who they are. I personally find being a woman is very important part of my identity. Women and men were treated very differently in some countries, fields of work, or even simply at social gatherings. Throughout history women were never equal or better than men but in recent years that has begun to change.

I personally am aspiring to be in the mathematical field, a field of mostly men. As a woman I have the chance to stand out and show men that women can do the same workload as men and deserve the same pay and benefits for it too. My gender gives me the chance to break a stereotype and have a successful career with the possibility of having men work under me. I have the ability to prove that men and women are equal and deserve equal rights. But not only in the business world, in social settings women are belittle also. Women are seen as weak or unable to provide for themselves and need a man to take care of them; but that is not true, as a woman I have the ability to do whatever I set my mind to do as does any woman.