Spit or Saliva?

Social Construction takes over society's minds.
Society truly creates how people feel about things, about almost everything.

In class, even I, someone who tries to be very open-minded, felt uncomfortable and disgusted when asked if I wanted to drink a classmate's "spit".

When Sal gave us the insight to make the realization about spit versus saliva, it really put a lot into perspective for me. I always thought that all morals came from my parents, then morals led me to my opinions, and that's how my feelings towards things are formed. This little "sociological experiment" proved some of that wrong. I never realized that "spit" is the same exact thing as "saliva".

The concept of Social Construction makes me think about the whole Proposition 8 dispute in California, and really nation-wide. If there was no background or society-pushing-beliefs, I truly believe there would be a lot less disagreement towards Gay Marriage. I really do think that if kids were allowed, from the beginning, to come up with their own opinions, there would be a lot more people that thought it was okay for any two people, if in love, can get married. I know that this is such a hot topic, but it can be brought down to a high school level...
I, as a little Freshman, was nervous about homecoming and turn about, and whether or not I would get asked or have the guts to ask someone. This led me to think that it would be a lot more fun if me and some of my close girlfriends just went in a big group to the dance together. When I brought this idea up to my friends, some of them loved the idea; they felt it took a lot of pressure off of them and they knew they would still have fun and experience the dance. Others, however, felt too embarrassed and "weird" going through with the idea. They thought other people would think a variety of negative things about them. For example, some thought that others would think they were secretly Lesbian, or couldn't get a guy, or just a loser for not getting asked.
All of these automatic thoughts were based off of Social Construction.
The majority of my friends thought it was a really good idea, but it never happened because many of them were nervous or too embarrassed because of what they thought other people would think.

Hopefully, people will take Social Construction into consideration and create their own opinions about things! ... At least that's what I want to try to do!