The word identity has become the most discussed idea in our society. It is primarily described as a word that represents who we are. Therefore, because of who we are, identity has become a word we use to claim and understand the actions of people in our society. So in this article I will analyze how social practices surrounding identity relate to gender on a social and personal level, through the work of three authors; by Ian Hacking on “kind making”, Margaret Somers on “Narrative construction of identity” and finally Frederick Cooper and Rogers Brubaker on “beyond identity”. However, I will lean more towards Frederick Cooper and Rogers Bruaker's article on identity. This is because I feel their article better contributes to my understanding of how identity relates to gender. Therefore, I hope to be able to fully delineate how identity relates to gender. First, I will examine how identity relates to gender on a social and personal level. The reason to analyze the items in these levels is because; the articles seem to talk about identity at a macro, micro, or both level. First, to show how far we can extend and connect identity to explain many things, people and activities that occur in our society. I will talk about the aspects of Identity and gender on a social level that are mentioned in all three articles. Identity at a social level is approached as an idea constructed and used by a group of people. First, Ian Hacking, author of “Kind-Making; The Case of Child Abuse,” examines the concept of child abuse as a socially constructed idea. In his article he talks about kind making, which he identifies as the process of building ideas, ideas such as identity. These ideas built... in the middle of the paper... on the level. I carried out this analysis using articles by Ian Hacking on “kind making”, by Margaret Somers on “narrative construction of identity” and, finally, by Frederick Cooper and Rogers Brubaker on “beyond identity”. I talked about how on a social level identity is viewed through a macro level, where the authors talk about how identity and gender are socially constructed ideas. However, on a personal level, identity and gender are seen as the cause of people's actions. REFERENCE LIST Hacking, “Kind Making: The case of Child abuse,” in The Social Construction of What? (Cambridge: Harvard University Press, 1999), 125-162. Frederick Cooper and Rogers Brubaker, “Beyond Identity',” Theory and Society 29 (2000), 1-47. Margaret R. Somers, “The Narrative Construction of Identity: A relational and network approach", Theory and society 23 (1994), 605-649.