Social Location (Chapter 1)

This is a photo of a man holding words that are all a part of his “Social Location”. A person’s social location consists of things like gender, race, sexuality, and other traits that society will judge somebody by. Social location is all about what other people think about you and what conclusions they immediately draw from those traits without even knowing you as a person. All of our beliefs as humans are based off of our social location and what we have been raised to believe. An example is the card that this man is holding that says “Boy”. Because “Boy” is a part of his social location, he will be expected and judged on many different levels that a “Girl” would not be. Because that card says “Boy”, he will be expected to be tough and a supporter for his family someday.