Unique, or Socially Constructed?

In chapter 6, "Issues of Subjectivity and Identity" I strongly agreed with one point that the author made right from the very beginning.  Subjectivity is how we are constructed as subjects as we are developing.  As human beings we are "subject to" different social processes for development, depending on when and where we grow up.  Much of our development is constructed on the bases of the environment around us, and who we are have as role models.  Subjectivity is culturally specific because identities are formed and cannot fit the norm outside of the culture they were brought up in.  The author makes a good point by saying that the ideas of uniqueness and self-identity are more commonly found in western societies than in those cultures where identities are based on family bonds and cultural requirements.  In my opinion this may be because of the emphasis put on individuals to be unique, and to not conform to the social "norm".  Throughout schooling students are taught to think in different ways, as well as to express themselves in the ways they choose.  The concept of uniqueness is not universal and is not practiced world-wide.  This connects with the idea of originality which is the allocation of cultural resources of the self and how they are arranged.  I agree with this statement to a point because there are some cultures in which no one has originality because those individuals are taught to follow the words of the culture.  But what makes someone original is the unique patterns of friendships, relationships with family members, and at work.  In my opinion everyone is unique in their own way and deserves the right to express their originality but within reason.