221;Besides keeping traditions, there are groups to be put into such as an ingroup. An ingroup is a type of group, which you may feel some belonging to. Although you may feel like you belong the group requires many demands to make sure you remain loyal to the group. As the article had stated that since men attain most of the higher positions in the workforce, they would be considered the ingroup. Everyone wants to be accepted and be able to live by the same rules. Men of a high status may get away with things such as propping there feet up onto the desk or sitting in a lounged position whereas a woman may not. It tends to be looked upon as being unethical. Ingroups don’t just separate men and women. A boss is able to be relaxed and able to make short conversations whenever he wants to. The workers must always remain at a high level of concentration and never stop during work just to be relaxing. When you are in the ingroup these things are all possible without any problems. The key concept tradition helped me understand the article very well. The ingroup helped me to relate to the article, but the outgroup is the group which must struggle through these traditional ideas everyday. An outgroup is a type of group where you are alone. You try to be in an ingroup; so you are being competitive and feel as if you have an opponent now. Males hold the high level positions in both; work and social life, which tend to be considered as an ingroup. So, it is obvious that just because you hold a high status does not mean you are part of the ingroup. Many women are in an outgroup just because they are female. When a male can touch a woman on the shoulder to explain something and nothing is thought of, it is because he is in the ingroup. A woman on the other hand, will be looked at with great confusion if she touches a male on the shoulder. Anytime a woman touches a male, the man begins to assume that she is trying to be intim...
