Chapter 12 Discussion Question #3

A concept from chapter twelve that I found useful and interesting is culture and role identity. I found this interesting because we all value things like age so differently throughout the world. In America we want to stay youth like whereas in countries like China age is viewed as a way of growing wiser. I also find it disturbing that the difference between men and women is so large in the Middle East and Asian cultures. I think women in these places are treated as commodities that can be bought and sold rather than as a member of the family. It makes me very happy to be an American and in the ethnic group I belong to.