Baby X Research Paper

After reading the Baby X document as well as watching the TedX I really thought about how much my family’s lives have revolved around gender roles. Growing up I was raised as a normal female child would be. My mother had me playing with Barbie dolls, baking, playing dress up, and of course I loved the color pink as it was in most of the items of clothing I wear. My brothers on the other hand both grew up playing legos, and their room has always been painted blue. When we were younger they both were placed into sports such as lacrosse, basketball, and soccer; while I played tennis and did swim team, sports which seem daintier, definitely less contact involved. It kind of shocked me in a way, coming to the realization of how much gender identification is used in the world, it has become a norm. Looking back, sports I think are one of the biggest gender identification issues. As mentioned prior, at a younger age I played tennis and competed in swim team, however as I reached high school I joined the rowing team. All of my mom’s friends were quite surprised as they thought rowing was more of a men’s sport. Everyone questioned me as I am skinny and the common rower is a bulky …show more content…
A common misunderstanding has to do with bathrooms. In many places there are just “men” and women” identified bathrooms, this situation can be quite uncomfortable for those who do not identity. Similarly in sports, if there is a transgender teammate there has been controversy over how they are so fast, if it’s fair to be that fast for a woman per say. With this, should teams pick the best of the best for individual men and individual women, or allow transgender people to participate? If a transgender who identified as a woman was outstandingly fast, would she be allowed to compete against men to prove herself for a higher title? All of these questions bring up major debate and can be very frustrating for the