Are you a structuralist?

NO -
I believe that an individual makes up society. As of the moment who my friends are and how i interact with them is not governed by class or money it is a choice we make as individuals. We interact in different groups in society sometimes the groups cross over and they have the same shared values but we are made up of groups according to our identities.

However some structuralist theories have got good points. such as Durkheim who see society as an organic thing: we all grow up in the society and learn from it such as specific idea like how to act as female or what it means to be a mother.

Identities

In the olden day an identity defined who you were and what you do. The most common example was the way black people(which can be classed as an identity) were used as slaves... which we all know is not right.
but it is become more apparent in rescent years that an identity doesn't govern you in society as much, an example of this would be women are no longer made to stay at home and do housework and look after the kids(Thank god!).

Of course the identity will always be present i society. Scenerio: a girl, aged 20 blonde hair fair skin; steps out onto a crowded street in a dress. passers by barely register her. now imagine the same scenerio but change one detail, it was a boy who stepped out onto the crowded street. do the passers by react the same? No.
Some may reply to this by saying 'well he's a guy why would he be wearing a dress?' there is no law against it, it is just his identity as a male which is already ingrained into society that controls the passer-bys reaction.

This is a simple scenerio which show a point: That identity are already set- some you can chose to be in such as a religion or some you may be born with- into our society.
These identity for me are, im a white scottish female. there are other more complex identities however such as my identities through my relatives: im a sister, daughter, niece, granddaughter, etc. These are the identities which are given to me by specific society members.

Society does control which identities i am, but it is my choice weaher i conform to 'norms' of that identity