Sociological Imagination

Sociological imagination is a power that enables us to think about why we are they way we are now, an ability that allows us to improve the habits we adopt from our parents, and a sense that permits us to learn more about our society through our personal experiences. By definition, “ sociological perspective is a point of view that helps us understand human behaviour in the larger social context in which it occurs” (Kendall, 2000: p. 3).
My family and I moved from Macao, a city in China, to Canada several years ago, and I notice that our family and other immigrant families in Canada, is slowly moving away from our home cultures to Canadian culture. Chinese believe that only the males in the family can carry on the family name, since females take their husband’s last name when they marry. With this concept, Chinese parents tend to give more opportunities for learning to the son rather than the daughter. For instance, during my mom’s childhood she was told to help out wit...