How To Write A Case Study Emily's True Identity

In case study eight, we explore the life of a middle-class white girl named Emily who struggles to live her true identity. Emily’s story entails her issues with her gender and sexual identities during her adolescence. She grows up believing that she should behave in a certain way because of her gender, but she finds that she does not enjoy behaving in that manner. She also discovers her attractions toward the same sex but tries to suppress and ignore her feelings to conform to what is normal and acceptable for girls. All the while, this case study discusses Emily’s desire for a separate identity different from her fraternal twin sister Tina. Nonetheless, throughout her crises, Emily uses her relationships with her family, friends, and peers to resolve her struggles and come to terms with her true identity. Since she was a young child, Emily struggled to be different from her sister’s tomboy image. Consequently, Emily tried to imitate the stereotypical girly girl traits, characteristics, and behaviors since she, after all, was a girl. She also thought that that was the right thing to do because being a girl meant she had to be girly. The whole time, Emily never really engaged in feminine behavior because she wanted to, she felt as if she had …show more content…
When she was in high school, Emily went away for a summer camp where she met her close friend Amanda. A year later, Emily was visiting with Amanda when Amanda came out to Emily that she may be gay or bisexual. Emily acted awkwardly while Amanda was confessing her sexual feelings to her. Emily was not as caring or supportive as she should have been; instead, she questioned Amanda’s sexuality trying to reason her back into heterosexuality. Emily later realized that her behavior was due to her inner struggles that she had with her own sexual identity. As a result, Emily’s friend Amanda was affected by Emily internal sexuality