Privacy Boundaries Of Personal Identity

I thought the most interesting out of all the chapters was the idea that people do not have a core identity because I have noticed the way I act with different people, or settings, and I’ve seen it with other people too. I’ve also seen how other people change in certain, or different, situations too. I never realized that this was happening until I read and talked about this topic directly.

I personally think that every person’s personality changes based on the circumstances in a person’s life. There is evidence that some scholars support the idea that there isn’t the existence of a central identity, but multiple ones for multiple situations, (Duck, McMahan, page 50), “… Other scholars take the position that an individual’s identity is constructed in the course of interaction with other people.” I’ve seen how one second my mom could be talking friendly with her friends or family in a public setting, and in the next moment talking on the

This idea supports my view of different ideas of privacy for connection to different people, (Duck, McMahan, page 61), “People negotiate boundaries of privacy with others. These boundaries are determined in part by the relationship… People experience a tension between desire for privacy and a demand for openness differently in different relationships.” In some relationships people want privacy while others want attention and lack boundaries. For example, my two of cousins are getting married; one wants a private wedding with close friends and family, in a very small venue; whereas, and my other cousin wants a massive, very public venue with everyone she and the groom have ever encountered. As another example, some things I talk about with my friends, I know that I can’t talk about with to my parents, my brother, or in a professional setting. I’ve learned that I have boundaries in each personality that I