Gender Differences In Society

Individuals who do not fit into the male and female gender roles are disliked and shamed by society because they are not what it calls “normal.” The definition of normal is conforming to a standard or conforming to the expected. Society should not have the power to make an individual conform to anything. Does a person have to be born female to be female? The answer is simply no. Jenna Talackova is a prime example of this because she was born a man but knew she was a female from the beginning. These people who were born with a specific genetic gender have no control over their chemical make-up, but they do control what gender role they decide to be and no one should tell them to pick one that fits the normal standards of society. Judith Butler …show more content…
When her parents called her a boy, she felt it was wrong. If a child knows it is not supposed to be classified as the gender they are born with, society should not treat them according to traditional gender roles. Jenna visited the doctor when she was fourteen and started taking estrogen to begin the transition into being a woman. At age nineteen, she underwent surgery to become a woman allowing her to legally change her driver’s license, passport, and birth certificate to indicate she was female. The struggles she faces in society today are equivalent to that of a child being bullied in grade school because it is different from the other people. Because a person is different does not mean they should be punished or disgraced, they should rather be set as an example for others to tell them that it is ok to be different and that you are who you are and no one should influence change that you are opposed to. Jenna Talackova is a transgender individual who was chosen to participate in the Miss Universe beauty pageant, but was disqualified because she was not a natural born female. Even though she is legally recognized as a female to the public, pageant owner Donald Trump still does not believe her to be a female and would not let her participate until legal action was …show more content…
This prehistoric kind of logic has flourished for decades until the new millennium hit when women began taking up jobs that are usually filled by men. Even though the majority of society has accepted women as more than capable of filling these roles, more issues arise for the LGBT crowd. These individuals who are no different than any other person in the world face discrimination in the school systems, jobs, neighborhoods, and in general society. In Dade County, Miami the city officials had a vote to include transgender in the county’s human rights laws to ban discrimination against a person’s gender role, expression, or identity. The new law is applicable to the government services, public places and housing and employment in the whole