Gender Roles: Video Analysis

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There is blue and pink and every other color in between this color spectrum. I truly believe we are automatically given by birth what should become of our gender roles, even if we change them over time. However, these individuals who are born differently may battle with acceptance, if it wasn't for the "Blue or Pink" ideals it "may" have not been difficult for them. In the video a person said they were worried no one would love them but in reality that was not true. Her personality and her true self could help her find love.
As for the parents, the hardest struggle in the video was the "abnormality" of the situation may cause stress and confusion. Some of the parents were either accepting or nasty because they did not

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