males and females. What exactly dictates a male from a female? The definition of male and female is more than just physical appearance. Physical attributes help to determine one’s sex, mainly reproductive organs, but that does not always mean that individuals have to identify as that gender. Gender identity is accepting being a male or female; including things such as the way we express ourselves, whether it is our clothing, our actions and our behavior. Throughout my life, family, friends, life experiences and the media have all played a part of helping me to identify with my own gender and learn what was acceptable as part of the female gender. As far as myself, I am physically a female and also, I identify myself as a female.
Since the day I was born gender roles have been subtly intertwined into my life slowly but surely shaping my gender identity. As a baby, I was taken home from the hospital wearing a pink hat, pink because girls wear …show more content…
Although I can’t remember it now, I believe this is when I first began to identify with my gender. My toy bin was full of Barbie dolls, dress-up clothes and Polly Pockets. If I were given the choice to play with a truck or a Barbie, without hesitation I would’ve reached for the Barbie. While I spent hours playing make believe in my Barbie mansion, my older brother played with trucks, racecars and a fake tool set. His fake tool set sat right next to my play kitchen set, which only seemed right. Society’s norm is that girls cook and clean, while men work and fix cars or things around the house. I learned a lot of stereotypical gender roles from my older brother and sister, along with my parents. Even today as I watch my brother interacting with his two-year-old son, he tells him he can’t wear the fairy wings or play with Barbies because ‘those are for girls.’ My family members were not the only influence on the evolution of my gender
Since the day I was born gender roles have been subtly intertwined into my life slowly but surely shaping my gender identity. As a baby, I was taken home from the hospital wearing a pink hat, pink because girls wear …show more content…
Although I can’t remember it now, I believe this is when I first began to identify with my gender. My toy bin was full of Barbie dolls, dress-up clothes and Polly Pockets. If I were given the choice to play with a truck or a Barbie, without hesitation I would’ve reached for the Barbie. While I spent hours playing make believe in my Barbie mansion, my older brother played with trucks, racecars and a fake tool set. His fake tool set sat right next to my play kitchen set, which only seemed right. Society’s norm is that girls cook and clean, while men work and fix cars or things around the house. I learned a lot of stereotypical gender roles from my older brother and sister, along with my parents. Even today as I watch my brother interacting with his two-year-old son, he tells him he can’t wear the fairy wings or play with Barbies because ‘those are for girls.’ My family members were not the only influence on the evolution of my gender