The Inward Battle of Coming Out
"Transgender is an umbrella term for persons whose gender identity, gender expression or behavior does not conform to that typically associated with the sex to which they were assigned at birth (Castro, 2013)." Many years ago the world struggle with the idea of publically accepting gay/lesbian couples in to society, but as the world change so did the meaning of identity. The transgender community is aiming to be accepted, respected and understood without the presence of prejudice, biased opinions and judgment. Within this paper one will define and elaborate on the meaning and understanding of the research problem; acceptance of transgender community. Struggle of Acceptance
As children ,there are many things that creates a problems in the world of acceptance. Ethically, many are taught to accept others as they are regardless of age, sex or ethnicity but unfortunately, the vision of ethics that were taught in the home are not as accepting to the public eye. Society has molded the belief that male and female are the only genders that exist, anything else should be viewed as ludicrous or a disgrace. When a child is biologically born a male, he is expected to play football, play with trucks, and live his life as masculine role model. When a child is born a female, she is expected …show more content…
" According to cognitive developmental theory, gender identity is postulated as the basic organizer and regulator of children 's gender learning (Kohlberg, 1966). Children develop the stereotypic conceptions of gender from what they see and hear around them. Once they achieve gender constancy -- the belief that their own gender is fixed and irreversible -- they positively value their gender identity and seek to behave only in ways that are congruent with that conception(Bussey & Bandura, 1999, p.
"Transgender is an umbrella term for persons whose gender identity, gender expression or behavior does not conform to that typically associated with the sex to which they were assigned at birth (Castro, 2013)." Many years ago the world struggle with the idea of publically accepting gay/lesbian couples in to society, but as the world change so did the meaning of identity. The transgender community is aiming to be accepted, respected and understood without the presence of prejudice, biased opinions and judgment. Within this paper one will define and elaborate on the meaning and understanding of the research problem; acceptance of transgender community. Struggle of Acceptance
As children ,there are many things that creates a problems in the world of acceptance. Ethically, many are taught to accept others as they are regardless of age, sex or ethnicity but unfortunately, the vision of ethics that were taught in the home are not as accepting to the public eye. Society has molded the belief that male and female are the only genders that exist, anything else should be viewed as ludicrous or a disgrace. When a child is biologically born a male, he is expected to play football, play with trucks, and live his life as masculine role model. When a child is born a female, she is expected …show more content…
" According to cognitive developmental theory, gender identity is postulated as the basic organizer and regulator of children 's gender learning (Kohlberg, 1966). Children develop the stereotypic conceptions of gender from what they see and hear around them. Once they achieve gender constancy -- the belief that their own gender is fixed and irreversible -- they positively value their gender identity and seek to behave only in ways that are congruent with that conception(Bussey & Bandura, 1999, p.