Below is an example of what you may include in your socio-autobiography. Notice how the key terms are in bold blue font. This is the format that I want you to use, since it directs me to the concepts that you are using to frame what you are writing. .
Leaving home at eighteen to go out on my own and start my own life, there were many things I wasn't prepared for. Because of my ascribed status at birth, being born to poor parents, I couldn't afford to go to college, and even if I could, I really had no idea of what I wanted to do with my life. I guess that as agents of socialization, my parents did not know how to prepare me for the world of work. Thus, I had little anticipatory socialization for the workplace. I just figured I could find a job that would pay me well enough that I could afford to have all the things I never had growing up. .
I truly believed that I could do anything a man could do, and deserved to be paid the same for the same work. With this in mind, I found a job in a manufacturing plant where I was, it appeared, the "token " female employee. My fellow employees were all men, and I was placed in the uncomfortable position of having to prove that I not only could do the job, but was also "one of the guys. I soon came to learn that gender role differences are apparent in the workplace. While there are the obvious physical differences and capabilities, there are also the differences in how each gender deals with perceived problems, whether it is pertaining to the job at hand, or the interaction with fellow employees. .
By being the only female in a male dominated workplace, I had numerous problems to overcome. The most prevalent one was sexual harassment. I felt that I was treated as an "object"," one that had been hired simply to provide enjoyment for the men. I had been at work an hour when the first suggestive remark came out. Being only 19 years old at the time, I had very little experience with dealing with this and was completely at a loss as to how to handle the situation.
