After reading Pierre Clastres, “The Life and Death of a Homosexual”, many questions came to mind in terms of gender roles in our society and why certain things should be classified as a “masculine” or “feminine” role. In our society, from a young age, children are commonly subjected to conditioning for hetero-mentality until it is a permanent and natural enforced social norm. For example, gender roles are assumed as soon as infants are born-- the products necessary for them are assigned stereotypical qualities to them associated with what clothes/toys are considered female and others male. And unfortunately, we all sometimes fall victim to this type of mentality-- not because we want to, but because we are conditioned to do so. The challenging
