Sexual and gender development has evidently changed over the years. Now people cannot simply be categories as a female or a male. A new door has opened in the way people identity or see themselves as. More and more people are coming forward with different sexual identities than the ones given at birth. We now live in a society where we no longer have to choose to be something we are based on our anatomy. Or be pushed into hetero love affairs. Or choose to not be attracted to any of the two categories. But how exactly do we decide who we are and at what age? Does our environment, the people we interact with affect the way we identify ourselves or genetic? According to Kelly Welch, our sexual identity is develop during our childhood (Welch, K.,
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I can see me attributing to the children’s gender selection. By demonstrating how to act according to their correct gender. With girls, I tend to play dolls with them, tell them they have pretty dresses. Tell them to not play so rough. I show them movies where princesses cannot wait to find their princes. I play dress up with them. However, it is different with boys. I play video games with them or toy cars. I even let them wrestle with me. We go outside to play ball or run around. I encourage them to be strong and brave in facing their fears. Although, girls are taught to be damsels in distress, I also encourage them to be courageous and confident. Even though, my mom influenced me to my gender identity, she taught me not to be weak. So, I pass that forward. When it comes to my friends, I do not think I am much of an influence. I would say they influence me. I have friends who love to wear the latest makeup product or read the latest teen vogue magazine. They encourage me to dress flirty. Instead, of my usual baggy shirts. Sometimes, they ask me if they can do my makeup or hair. Back when I was living in New Jersey, I had no one to teach me how to do my makeup. I barely wore any. However, that soon changed when I move here. My female cousins who live in Los Angeles taught me so many things about beauty I had no clue about. Now, I am lying if I say I do not put an effort to my appearance. I cannot go a week without doing my nails and this all came about because I now have people who do
I can see me attributing to the children’s gender selection. By demonstrating how to act according to their correct gender. With girls, I tend to play dolls with them, tell them they have pretty dresses. Tell them to not play so rough. I show them movies where princesses cannot wait to find their princes. I play dress up with them. However, it is different with boys. I play video games with them or toy cars. I even let them wrestle with me. We go outside to play ball or run around. I encourage them to be strong and brave in facing their fears. Although, girls are taught to be damsels in distress, I also encourage them to be courageous and confident. Even though, my mom influenced me to my gender identity, she taught me not to be weak. So, I pass that forward. When it comes to my friends, I do not think I am much of an influence. I would say they influence me. I have friends who love to wear the latest makeup product or read the latest teen vogue magazine. They encourage me to dress flirty. Instead, of my usual baggy shirts. Sometimes, they ask me if they can do my makeup or hair. Back when I was living in New Jersey, I had no one to teach me how to do my makeup. I barely wore any. However, that soon changed when I move here. My female cousins who live in Los Angeles taught me so many things about beauty I had no clue about. Now, I am lying if I say I do not put an effort to my appearance. I cannot go a week without doing my nails and this all came about because I now have people who do