Has your culture effected your career choice?

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Right now, I'm a security guard and someday, I want to be a police officer. The fact that I'm gay, really doesn't have any affect on it. We all have to keep our biases at home. There are Conservative Christians on the security force that have a problem with me because I'm gay, there are Atheists on the force that have problems with the Christians, some are older (like 60's) who think that someone my age cannot be a good security guard, and us younger ones, have a problem with the older ones. That's to name a few.

Regardless, we try to keep our biases out of our work. It's in no way police work, but sometimes we have to work with the police, sometimes we have to apprehend someone who just punched us (and we can't even express our outrage by arresting them). ALL of which does require teamwork and reliance on one another. Teamwork is essential and it's hard to manifest with personal biases in the way.

Now, when it comes to the police, I'm not actually on any police force (yet) but I do know some gay and lesbian police officers and they say that it can be a pain sometimes, but not much more than a security guard it seems. The only problem is if the officers homosexuality gets out, and then the public will harass them. That's why a lot of officers choose to stay in the closet, even if the department does not discriminate on the basis if sexual orientation.

Other gay, lesbian, bisexual, and transgender people may not be so lucky as to have a profession where such cooperation among co-workers is needed, and so there may be a lot of harassment and inability to do the job because of it. I feel for them and I think it's so wrong, but I can only hope for the best.
 
I am doing a paper for my college sociology course on how our cultures effect future career selections and choices. I wanted to poll the general and unbiased public on the subject to see how many people think that their culture, whether defined by race, religion, social status, or even sexual preference, has had an effect on career choices. You do not have to identify yourself in anyway for this because no names or identifying information will be used. It will only be used as non-specific data such as, "10% of those asked would say that culture has effected their career choice in some way." Specifics are not necessary, but are appreciated.
 
My first instinct was to say no because I have never felt any kind of cultural pressure to seek a career in a field I am not interested in. But, this is how my culture has affected my career choice, I can pursue whatever career I am most interested in and not worry about pleasing anyone but myself, after all, it is my life.
 
yes i would have to say it does,

me being black and growing up in "da hood"
i grew up to be a car high jacker
so far its all good
its easy all i do is steal a car and take it to the local chop shop
and based on the car i make any were from ($10,000-$100,000) a day
 
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