Social Identity

The Identity Crises of Women and Others

Mohammed Ahmed Hasan, Rasul Hamad Rasul

Women regularly search for their identity in a Male-dominant society. The case is often an issue as the women consider men as a threat on their culture experience; thus, the gender conflicts are existed. The term Others refers back to a cultural authority that doesn't accept any other identities. The aim of this study is an attempt to show the women contemplation for their identity, which has been a chronical issue for women and Others. The identity refers back to human beings' true personality, other dimensions, and the attitudes that differ them from each other. The true identity of one has its individual features that differ from others; besides, within a group makes the group features to be different than other social groups. The pronouns such as (I, He and She) are true dimensions of building identity, besides the individuals have the capability of building different identity. The study contains two chapters. The first chapter is under the title (Identity and Literature issues of Women). This chapter is theoretical and includes two sections. The first section explains the term identity, and the second section explains the features of the women works in literature. The second chapter is the methodological and practical part, which includes the identity issues and its differences. The chapter includes three sections: first section is about woman issues as an individual, section two is about identity and Others with their conflicts, section three is specified for social Identity and Others in the novel.