When we all develop and grow from kids, we don’t choose the gender giving to us. As we grow the gender a person can have on the outside can be the one everyone sees. Our parents tend to lead us into the roles our gender in destine to be in. It’s a pattern that’s happening for many, many years. We, as people just try to stay on track of the norm and don’t think about the child’s inner thoughts.
As a kid grows up he or she might like the same things as boys or girls. When I was growing up I would always play with my sisters and their friends. I think my favorite part playing with them was the dolls. Being Ken was fun because back then being “white” was the norm. When I was growing up I had long hair, to the point where my only grandfather confused me for a girl. My gender identity was male. “Gender identity is a sense of oneself as male or female.” (Wade 355) I was classified as a boy even though on the outside I looked like a girl. I remember my first dilemma with the long hair. It was when I was 5, I was a karate class and I went to go use the bathroom. I walked in I did my personal business and when I …show more content…
I guess the idea of entertaining everyone gave me a good feeling. One reason I think that I acted out was in show off in front of my friends. In the video “The Mask You Live in” the main idea was to show how men hide behind masks to hide from who they actually are. I think some cases are meant to be truth, because even though I would fool around in class, class was very important to me. I think the real most boys act out is because they want to feel accepted by their peers. I think the whole idea of “manning up” is just a way society to say toughen up. But it’s hard for some people to toughen up when the odds aren’t in your favor. If a man can man up they should also be able to man down. To some men it might feel like they are cowards, but everyone is human and have to show
As a kid grows up he or she might like the same things as boys or girls. When I was growing up I would always play with my sisters and their friends. I think my favorite part playing with them was the dolls. Being Ken was fun because back then being “white” was the norm. When I was growing up I had long hair, to the point where my only grandfather confused me for a girl. My gender identity was male. “Gender identity is a sense of oneself as male or female.” (Wade 355) I was classified as a boy even though on the outside I looked like a girl. I remember my first dilemma with the long hair. It was when I was 5, I was a karate class and I went to go use the bathroom. I walked in I did my personal business and when I …show more content…
I guess the idea of entertaining everyone gave me a good feeling. One reason I think that I acted out was in show off in front of my friends. In the video “The Mask You Live in” the main idea was to show how men hide behind masks to hide from who they actually are. I think some cases are meant to be truth, because even though I would fool around in class, class was very important to me. I think the real most boys act out is because they want to feel accepted by their peers. I think the whole idea of “manning up” is just a way society to say toughen up. But it’s hard for some people to toughen up when the odds aren’t in your favor. If a man can man up they should also be able to man down. To some men it might feel like they are cowards, but everyone is human and have to show