Being A Girl: My Experience Of Being A Girl

I knew this bothered Cindy, but I didn’t really understand that it was more than just a simple annoyance. She explained to me that she interpreted me not calling as a indication that I did not care or feel that she was important, and that this made her feel like we were not as close as she thought. She said she would like to talk to me at least once or twice a week, and that would make her more confident in our friendship. When I realized that my behavior was more than annoying, and actually hurtful, it made it easier for me to put a priority on staying in contact. In contrast, if she had not told me how she felt, my behavior would have likely continued and our friendship would have suffered.

Then there are the strategic friendships. These are friendships where they enjoy each other's company so long as there is an advantage from it. Then, there's the true friend. Not someone who is just like you, but someone who isn't you, but about whom you care about as much as you care about yourself. The sorrows of a true friend are your sorrows. Their joys are yours. It makes you more vulnerable should anything befall this person, but it's hugely strengthening too. Expanding into the life of another. Together you become larger, more clever, and more resilient. You share virtues and cancel out each other's defects. Friendship is the best part of

My friends are awesome. When it comes to destroying them in 2k, playing pickup basketball and having a good time, or even just hanging out and talking about stuff. I always love being with my friends and can't see myself without them and that's why they play such a big role of the way I am the way I am now.

Can you be friends with someone you like? The dynamic of cross-sex friendships is an interesting area of study and one of which has little data. Moreover, research on this narrow subject is rather limited and comes from fairly old studies. The idea that men and women cannot be ‘just friends,’ is due to the idea that there must be some aspect of physical and or romantic involved. As Reeder discussed traditional societal norms and expectations of male-female relationships have played a role in how we view cross-sex friendships today. The literature on cross-sex friendships has explored the role of attraction and the impact it has on the dynamics of cross-sex relationships.

What does it mean to be a woman or man? Whether we a man or a woman, in today’s society it is not determined just by our sex organs. Our gender includes a complex mix of beliefs, behaviors, and characteristics. How do you act, talk, and behave like a woman or man? Are you feminine or masculine, both, or neither? These are questions that help us get to the core of our gender and gender identity. Gender identity is how we feel about and express our gender and gender roles: clothing, behavior, and personal appearance. It is a feeling that we have as early as age two or three. In the article, “Becoming Members of Society: Learning the Social Meaning of Gender,” the author, Aaron Devor, is trying to persuade his readers that gender shapes how we behave because of the expectation from us and relate to one another. He does this by using an educational approach, describing gender stereotypes, and making cultural references. He gets readers to reflect on how “Children’s developing concepts of themselves as individuals are necessarily bound up …to understand the expectations of the society which they are a part of” (389). Growing up, from being a child to an adult is where most of us try to find ourselves. We tend to struggle during this transition period, people around us tell us what to be and not to be, Jamaica Kincaidt in her short story, “Girl” tells just that, the setting is presented as a set of life instructions to a girl by her mother to live properly. The mother soberly

A Friendship is made up by caring for someone special to you, It’s looking out for them, hanging out with them, and trusting them.

Across several different cultures, there are different ways in which people of a community recognize the emergence of a young girl into womanhood. In the United States the most common is the famous Sweet Sixteen which as in the name states: relates to being sixteen years old, getting a car, and having some sort of celebration to commemorate the birthday. Among others include the Quinceanera which is usually equated with Mexico and Bat Mitzvahs which is a Jewish girl’s rite of passage. Another rite of passage, called Kinaalda, is a puberty ceremony that holds the same importance and significance among the Navajo tribe as their creation story. Unlike American society, during the people’s lifetime there is not a time between child and adult. In the Navajo culture it seems that it is more plausible to say that the time between being a child and adult or as stated by Leighton and Kluckhohn (1947), “physical maturity and social maturity are more nearly coincidental.” Meaning unlike the American culture where the gap between childhood and adulthood is filled with an adolescence, and in the Navajo tribe this gap is not prolonged and instead this transition is commemorated by a four-night ceremony. This process begins at the Navajo girl’s first menstruation and is a way to announce to the whole community that she has become a woman. In earlier marriage customs, a year or so after the ceremony the girl would be considered ready for marriage; as a result, some felt that “a girl’s

The Body Project: An Intimate History of Girls by Joan Jacobs Brumberg chronicles the change in attitudes towards the female body throughout American history. From the Victorian Era’s focus on internal beauty standards to the 1920’s flapper beauty ideal, Brumberg explores the shifting focus which may or may not have helped girls in the long run.

Often times women’s studies are overshadowed by topics pertaining to other matters. Because of this, Steve Duck of University of Iowa calls women’s studies “understudied relationships”. In his book, Under-Studied Relationships: Off the Beaten Track, Steve delves into the complicated world that is friendship between women. He reveals that even the best of friendships, more often than not, will dissolve due to geographical distance, especially during the transition from high school to college. However, Duck claims that this occurrence is more detrimental to male friendships than female friendships. According to Duck, “…men’s inability to maintain distal friends may be due to a lack of awareness about and skills to utilize effective strategies that maintain a [friendship]” (184). This argument implies that men simply do not put as much emotional value into friendships as women do. While distance may seem challenging for women to overcome, they put more effort into preserving their friendship. Duck further instills this concept by explaining that “women’s same-sex friendships tend to be based more on intimate and emotional discussions than men’s…” (186). Men, Duck argues, lack the depth in their friendships that women possess and for this reason have difficulty sustaining a friendship that is met with the strain of distance.

There are many types of friendships. The basic of all types of friendships are the good friends and the bad friends.Bad friends are the type that aren’t there for you and sometimes even the person talking behind your back. Good friends are the real friends who are always there for you no matter what and the ones by your side, protecting you. An example of a good friend can be found in the novella, ”Of Mice and Men,” by John Steinbeck. George and Lennie, the main characters , we're friends and after reading the novella , I believe overall George was a good friend to Lennie.

So the play's main themes would be coming of age, and how the authentic self mingles with imposed femininity in a young girl's life. The main motif's would be reflections and mirror images. It would probably really comedic, and relatable but also poignant and full of hard truths. The story follows the coming of age of the character Julia and the first steps toward adolescence for the character Jules. Julia's first kiss was outside of the 'Tortilla Factory', the same Mexican grocery and eatery Jules would frequent after school. Jules and Julia are polarizing and yet reflective towards each other at the same time. Most of the show would have it seem they are siblings. The characters only interact when alone, but most of their formative experiences

As the laugh they all laughed, and the joke they all told, and the secrets they all shared. Female and Male friends are similar and distinctive in so many ways. But one thing they share among each other is their friendship. Such Conversations, Activities and personalities are displayed differently between male and females.

As I try to understand and unfold the situation, and get a better understanding as why the woman decided to suddenly walk faster when she noticed a tall black male behind her. While it is true that the woman made a quick judgment call, and decided to flee, it does not necessarily follow that she made a wrong assumption of the situation. I understand she did what she thought was best at the moment. Doing my own research in order to figure out the crime statistics nearly four decades ago I found that “in the eighties or nineties when I assume the situation unfolded, crime was at its peak” (Dobbs). Therefore, leaving the woman frightened and vulnerable of what might happen given the data. Moreover, According to National Sexual Violence Resource

Friendship is not simply a "relationship", knowing someone, conversing with that person, or dealing with that person in business, school, or in casual acquaintance. True friendship is not just a "relationship", but self-sacrificing love. A friend is also one who supports, sympathizes, and is a person in whom you can confide. There are unique qualities that a person must have to be considered a friend.

Friendships and romantic relationships makes our lives go round. Without them our lives would be dull and lonely. Unlike family members, we are allowed to choose our friends and lovers. There are various levels of friendships and diverse forms of romantic relationships, and they can all lead to being close, intimate, and loving. Both friendships and romances considerably enrich the well-being of our physical and mental state. Friendships can lead to romantic relationships, and romantic relationships can lead to just being friends.