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Anna Mullen Concept Application Blog:

I am looking at gender as socially constructed, meaning that who we are and how we define ourselves in terms of gender exists on a higher level than just on an individual level. A specific concept from the text that can be considered with this idea is gender identity at the interpersonal communication level. I mentioned this concept in my introduction blog for this project becuase I believe this concept fits perfectly with my gender identity of interest. Interpersonal communication refers to how persons influence each other's gender identites through their interactions with each other (DeFrancisco and Palczewski 2007). This concept basically defines what I will be studying in a person's gender identity. I will look at a few peoples' gender identities, specifically how they describe themselves in terms of gender performance, how they perform their gender identity around their family or household, and how they perform gender around friends, co-workers, etc. I will look at similarities and differences between how a person acts and even how they veiw themselves in different interpersonal groups.