Reflection On Gender Identity

After completing my observations, I noticed that there is a lot to be learned about someone by just examining their personal belongings. By how they treat their personal objects often reflect what their actual life is like. Think about how you treat your personal items. It may be with lots of care or you may use an item for its intended purpose and not care if it breaks during the process. This says a lot about the person. So, by examining someone’s car, which is a highly valuable item to a person, it is as if we get a small glimpse into their life style.

A significant point in Bems’ (1993) chapter in Lens of Gender on gender identity was the concept of the self-fulfilling prophecy when it comes to the treatment and development of young boys and girls in society. The first point discussed is how the ‘maternal instinct’ is not so biological as much it is women being confined to the private sphere, in turn having the most interaction with children. This point stood out as I was reading because I have known from a young age I did not want children. Many told me that my opinion would change when I grew older, and when you have your own child being a mother comes naturally. As I reflected I was reminded of the point later made by Bem (1993) that “adults in the child’s community

Gender identity is a highly controversial subject. The notion that one's gender is a significant determination of personality traits, behavioral characteristics, social tendencies, romantic engagements and self-perception is a critical one. However, it is also subject to debate because of the imperatives created by the social construct of gender. This often clashes with what are, in reality, more nuanced and individualized connections to gender. This is particularly highlighted by the interview which has informed the research here. Specifically, the interview subject is a male of the homosexual orientation who would endure difficulty as a child fully understanding the meaning of his gender identity. As the discussion shows here, this is a common emotional disorder for individuals contending with some sexual confusion but should also not be conflated with homosexuality itself.

There are a variety of ways people can identify themselves as. Through their clothes, the music they listen to, the major that they will choose to pursue in college, and hundreds of other choices. Each identity branches off into hundreds of categories that are unique in their own way. For clothes. people can identify themselves as punks, hipsters, preppies, and many more fashion styles. The same concept can apply to music, college majors, and even genders. In the 1950s, it was extremely typical and socially accepted that there was a male and female, but it is 2015 and times have drastically changed. Due to the concept of subcategories of different categories, I strongly believe that there can be more than two genders along with the male and

Gender identity is an extremely relevant topic today. Many people have their own ideas on what is right and what is wrong for each gender to act, and these people are very vocal and opinionated about their ideas. One recent controversial story about gender identity was when a couple refused to tell anybody whether their child named Storm was a boy or a girl. Their oldest child, Jazz, who was originally born male, “always gravitated to dresses, the colour pink and opted for long hair often fixed into braids” (Poisson, 2013). Jazz now asks to be called “she”, and her experiences with gender identity are what inspired her parents to raise Storm as a gender neutral child. People were so upset over this decision that it sparked

Gender identity is the personal conception of being a man or a woman and the society creates standards and comes up with gender roles basing them on existing norms and traditions which will in turn influence gender identity. For instance, most societies associate strength and dominance to be masculine roles while caring and assisting or subordination known to be feminine roles. This clearly makes gender identity be bred within the society. One’s identity is important as it influences his or her life through events like life experiences, how one is being taken or treated, how to do one associate or socialize with others, the type of job one will have to do and also opportunities that may come up favoring a certain type of gender identity. One is also likely to face obstacles or discrimination due to his or her identity.

Gender identity ailment is customarily referred to as transexuallism. Transvestism refers to the apply of obtaining sexual pleasure by using dressing within the garments of the reverse sex. In these days the term move-dressing is more commonly used due to the fact that it does now not allow for a mistake of transsexualism, which is a whole gender exchange from the long-established sex. Transvestism is a paraphilia for which the major characteristic is severe sexual urges and sexually arousing fantasies involving dressing in garb of those of the reverse sex. It is totally fundamental to note that just since an man or woman is classified as a transvestite does now not mean that they're necessarily homosexual. Broad stories had been carried out

Within recent years, the media has sensationalized the topic of gender and gender identity. This has allowed the public to maintain as an active participant in the fight for equal rights, whether it be the fight to end discrimination for: same sex marriage, gender equality, non-binary, lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgendered individuals (LGBTQ). Since the needs and issues for members of the above listed communities have come into the eye of public voice many things have changed in North America. There has been an increasingly greater shift in public focus on the civil rights of LGBTQ peoples. Not only has there been an increase in public discourse but actual laws have been changed in the interest of social justice for members of the LGBTQ community, including but not limited to: same-sex marriage, that same-sex couples must be afforded the same rights as opposite-sex couples in a common-law relationship, protection from bullying due to gender identity. Currently, the only provinces that explicitly include gender identity under their human rights codes are Ontario, Manitoba, Nova Scotia and the Northwest Territories, although other provinces have begun debating whether they should add gender identity under their human rights codes. Federally, gender identity is not specifically mentioned in legislation. Bill C-279, which would amend the Canadian Human Rights Act to include gender expression or identity, is currently undergoing second reading in the Senate (Garrison,

Since the early years in history, people from all over the world have migrated from their homes to the United States in hopes of a better future for themselves and upcoming generations. The United States is known as the place where you can achieve the “American Dream.” The “American Dream” is an achievement of goals and having a life that is fulfilled with equal opportunities regardless of social class, gender, and race. American history began with immigrants bringing their own cultures into a new country. As a result, the diversity that is created is what makes America. However at the same time, it creates the challenges that America faces. Many factors come into play as individuals find their identity in America. Distinctions of gender and race have been the most influential in shaping the personhood of society in the United States.

I’m woken up at 7 am each morning by the click-clack of my mother’s heels on our kitchen linoleum on her way out the door - she exemplifies the Career Woman role nearly to a tee. For the few hours before I leave the house, I am alone. I feel as free from gender’s pervasive tendrils as I ever will. No one minds my un-made-up face as I pore over my Chemistry book, as I make my lunch, as I pack my bag. It is only when I leave the cocoon of safety that I am confronted by the ways I succeed and fail at behaving femininely. In the outside world, gender shapes my most minute behaviours in ways I am hardly conscious of.

For my Community service learning project, I volunteered at the Global Gathering Place which is located in downtown Saskatoon. Their vision is to engage and support immigrants and refugees by providing them with skills to not only survive but thrive in Canada. My placement was on Tuesday evenings in the child care center; this center exists so parents have a place to leave their children while they attend an English as a Second Language class.

Encountering the controversial issues of gender, and the battle for people to openly convey their gender may seem like a biased and trivial issue to some, but after analyzing my own and the behavior of others throughout the past week, it is evident that the performance of gender heavily influences interactions with yourself and the rest of the world. Based upon my experiences throughout my week, I will attempt to explain the role gender plays on my thought processes, my conversations, and my acquaintances.

Now how did you end up at the end of the first semester of your senior year? You were just starting high school the other day now you are almost done with it! So far all grades are good and your top three colleges have accepted you. Everything seems to be going ok, except for that one terrible online course that might drop your GPA this semester unless you ace the final. Outside of school you only have to worry about getting ready for conference band & choir auditions along with your band solo, but I know you will do fine on it. The family is doing ok, you are quitting your job in January, and you are going to start exercising more for track starting this break as well. Everything is planned out to finish out this semester strong all you have to do is get motivated and follow it.

There are many things that stand out since I have been attending the inside- out course on gender at the OSU. One observation that I find myself clinging on to is the mere fact that our classroom location has been changed from the Outside unit in the visitation building. Honestly, I wonder if it had to do with the correction officer's discretion based on our gender. They may assume that women are fragile and defenseless thus entering in in all male's prisons could be uncomfortable. Furthermore, the individuals who work for the prison system, may perhaps assume that we should be protected from the intimidations of prison and be in a neutral environment. Additionally, the corrections officers would continue to warn us every Tuesday before the start of class that these men are not who they seem to appear and we must separate our feelings and realize that this is a prison not a classroom setting. However, the sole purpose of enrolling in this class is to experience the prison atmosphere and meet diverse inside students in order to connect with them on an emotional level and engage on topics that we will discuss in class. Instead, we are placed in the visitation building which looks more like a home than a prison. This is possibly a safety precaution for outside students, however, as women, we do not need to be shielded from the reality of prison, yet to simply face it and obtain knowledge of our surroundings.

The concept of gender is broad but identifying as a female, it has impacted my life in many ways, such as introducing me to the concept of being a feminist. I would not be the individual I am today without that. Over time, my gender has also made me a more confident person and given me the strength to take pride in being a woman: a woman studying science, a woman unafraid to have a voice, a strong woman. I have become more educated and aware of societal concepts, both lies and truths and a big part of that was due to friends I made who introduced me to a new mindset and new ways of looking at things.