Caitlyn Jenner's Oppression Of Gender Stereotypes

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In order understand the LGBTIQ struggles, one must understand society and how minorities are looked upon, especially those who do not act accordingly to sex stereotypes. For instance, in the past few weeks, media has sparked interest on Caitlyn Jenner’s transition. “Olympic Champion becomes a woman” covered the headlines worldwide and in a sensationalistic manner, reputable magazines and newspapers gave voice to transgender stereotypes through articles that do not contribute positively to the transgender awareness cause. Jenner is not the problem, in fact many people should look up to her and her courage to live life the way she should. The problem lies with the invisibility that comes with being transgender, which starts in the LGB group, who should relate the most to them. …show more content…
The quest for transgender equality has been fairly successful with more people acknowledging what it means to be transgender, thanks to people like Jenner but more importantly, thanks to transgender activists who may not look as “passable”, that is, who can easily pass as the gender they identify as in a public setting. These people who do not have the money or the looks have been extremely important educating society by showing them that gender cannot be limited by a genitalia, sex stereotypes, or the looks of someone and instead it is a much broader social and cultural

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