Three Labels, Gender, Sex, And Sexuality

Despite the fact that we like to think we have a free choice in our individuality, normalcy is forced through the constant pressure from society around us. In conforming, we receive advantages such as jobs, money, affection, all of which originate from conforming to the normalities of our society. In conforming, we try to satisfy others but not ourselves in fear of rejection. In our desperate attempts to please others, we often lose a part of ourselves in the process. Being deemed normal in society is a major part of everyone 's lives and the abnormal are usually excluded from the public eye. In this paper I will prove how the forced sense of normalcy is ingrained into our minds even if we believe that we are free.

Gender can be defined as “sex roles” which are conditions that one considers to be for men or women. People tends to mistake it with sex or thinks that they are both the same. We discussed about the patterns of gender which how the authors of The Kaleidoscope of Gender describes it as “regularized, prepackaged ways of thinking, feeling, and acting” (Spade and Valentino,2017). It becomes an identity for us. We believe that there is and can only be two genders, being masculine for men and feminine for women. These roles has been forced onto us since birth: blue for boys, and pink for girls. You can see the roles being push onto a person throughout one’s life, but we don’t notice it since it’s “normal” to us.

According to the Human Rights Campaign, “One's innermost concept of self as male, female, a blend of both or neither – how individuals perceive themselves and what they call themselves. One's gender identity can be the same or different from their sex assigned at birth.” The way people sexuality is “as your sexual orientation, your sexual activity and your capacity for sexual feelings”

This is an important distinction because attempted understanding of gender identity can be interfered with stereotypes of sexual orientation. For example, those outside the gender binary may first define as and fit into the gay or lesbian community because of their interest in playing princesses or trucks, anything not expected to fit into their gender, before realizing they are transgender or nonbinary individuals due to social expectations of how they should act being inconsistent with their gender expression (Understanding The Social). It is important to define the contrast among sex and sexual orientation with gender to understand its definition, and what influences it.

in our society we are given strict guidlines of what a man and a femal should behave like. no matter where we go we are first judged by our gender and secoundly our race. some people believe that sexual confusion or gender role confusion are diorders that people have from birth, which is true, but at times these behaviors come from tramatic or negative experiances. for a child or indivual person to become confused aboul there sexual role in society they experiencesome form or belittle ment based on their divergent behavior toward the strict gudlines of sexuality. our society has stressed out the idea that the ideal girl should not be powerful, aggressive or strong, and the ideal boys should not have a petite physique, play with dolls or engage

Normal is constantly used to oppress and silence those who do not fit under this definition constructed by institutional forces within society. These institutions have been created to serve as building blocks for society, to guide the public. Originally, these institutions were started to protect and create order, but in today’s world, they provide no protection. However, if an individual does not fit within the system’s socially constructed idea they are objectified for being “different”. This is especially clear when it comes to sexuality. If society were to denaturalize gender and sexuality, then there would be a way to look at everyone as unique, that “normal” does not exist because everything is historically and socially constructed.

When England came out of the Middle Ages and entered the Early Modern era, the change served as a revival for the country. With a woman now on England’s throne, the ability to play with the idea of gender was a necessity, and thus influenced society as a whole. Like many aspects of the period, the presentation of gender and sexuality began to change with the rest of England’s Early Modern era. Conversely, gender play, and even cross-dressing, in this era were both considered alternatives that had to be contained for it disrupted England’s to social standards. Therefore, the structure of gender roles was concrete and strict, for its intention was used to keep the social order to remain in balanced and keep the general public functioning as it had for many years prior to the time.

In a society where appearance is associated with who a person is and how they are viewed, stereotypes are formed for both genders. Women are supposed to be sensitive, caring and submissive. For instance if a woman chooses not to fit the status quo she would be labeled as “tomboy” or a “cross dress”. While men are to be providers, hard workers, and protectors unto others but if men fail to be seen as such they are considered to be homosexual or

Sex refers to the physical traits of male and females. Gender refers to the cultural behaviors,social behaviors, and attitudes learned through socialization with being male and female. The two-party sexual system of this article was apart of the nature theory discussed in our textbook. Nature refers to biological, physiological, heredity of an individual which can be fairly fixed. Many teenagers decide that they want to change their gender and become attracted to the same gender. For example, a female who dresses like a boy and dates another female is considered a transgender. Also, a lot of teenagers or older adults start to feel that they were born in the wrong body and decide to have a sex change (transexual). Most families do not accept the new change and therefore abandon their children. There have been many issues with parents wanting a certain gender, and dress the child according to the gender they would rather have. This situation makes the child question their gender/sexuality as they get

Humans must recognize that sex is a continuum, and that “We are… a multisexed species” (Stoltenberg 25). To limit sex to man and woman is to oversimplify the vast combinations that genuine, consenting individuals are making. The identification as male is a conscious step into an inner circle, a circle that separates itself through interests and values identified as male and through a rejection or “non-identification with that which is perceived to be non-male, or female” (Stoltenberg 29). By accepting a spectrum sexuality opens one up to un-gender their sexuality so as to not be suppressed by the limitations imposed by a sexual identity.

In accordance to this, the following are examples of two common sexual identity labels based on differing sexual orientations. When one person is sexually attracted to another person of the opposite biological sex, he/she embodies the label of ‘heterosexual’ or ‘straight’. Regarding my sexual orientation, this encompasses the attraction I believe to feel and the label that I attribute to myself. In contrast, when one person is sexually attracted to another person of the same biological sex, the label he/she (most likely) identifies with is ‘homosexual’, which can take the two more colloquial forms of ‘gay’—when males are attracted to males—and ‘lesbian’—when females are attracted to females. All that said, this doesn’t necessarily mean that one’s attraction to a certain perceived gender fully indicates the biological sex of a partner. To reiterate, assigned anatomical sex and the gender one believes to embody don’t always match. This is where the descriptors involving gender identity come into play, and (again) the following are definitions of the two most common gender identities. When the gender one identifies with and/or expresses corresponds to the sex assigned at birth, he/she is labeled as a ‘cisgender’ person. I am anatomically a female, which is also the gender I identify with and externally present so, this is the label I relate to. On the other hand, when the gender one identifies with and/or expresses differs from the sex assigned at birth, he/she is labeled as a ‘transgender’ person. There are an incredible amount of equally important terms and labels in respect to these broader categories, but for the purposes of this essay, these are the ones I’ll be using most

The gender, sex, and sexuality chapter has educated me on how sexual orientation is defined. For many years, this term meant being either heterosexual, homosexual, or bisexual. Today, there are newer sexual orientations such as asexual, pansexual, and aromantic, that people identify themselves as. In reality, sexual orientation is simply an erotic attraction that may be fluid (King, 2017). To clarify, there are no limitations or restrictions to who or what an individual is attracted to. I was always a bit confused as to what my sexual orientation was, and I became frustrated when I could not attach myself to a certain label. People have a tendency of labeling themselves, whether they want to be known as gay, asexual, straight, or whatever, they want to be identified as something. For me, I was never really into labels. It was not that big of a deal, because I felt like it shouldn’t matter who I was attracted to. The problem is, people always ask, “so what are you?” or “are you into girls or guys?” I felt pressured into saying one thing, even if it wasn’t exactly how I felt. For example, if I were to say I was into the same sex, then I would need to “come out”, but if later on I decided to change my mind and say I was bisexual, I would have to come out again and explain myself. Coming out basically means publicly announcing your sexual orientation to others

Gender Identity is a highly controversial in society today, people like myself often misinterpret a person’s sexual orientation and biological sex for a person’s gender identity rather than a concept of it. White, and Ciccarelli define gender identity as “The individual’s sense of being male or female” (302). A person’s sexual orientation is the enduring romantic, or sexual attraction to another individual (hrc.org). This term only describes what gender an individual is attracted to. The biological sex of an individual is the physical, genetic, and hormonal anatomy a person is born with (plannedparenthood.org). Neither of these term define how individuals identify with themselves. However, throughout research I’ve discovered American Culture

Gender and sex are two words frequently misunderstood and mistaken for each other. To simplify, sex is considered the biological aspects of male/female (the reproductive system, genetics, and outward physical characteristics). Gender, on the other hand, comprises the psychological and social aspects of identifying to a sex (social roles, the way one thinks, and gender identity). These biological and psychological factors ultimately play a role in the way an individual thinks and acts as a person. Gradually, society has acknowledged and added mutability between gender and sex; individuals' social identity determines how they act and think, and anyone behaving differently may be regarded as abnormal.

In modern society the categories “homosexual”, “heterosexual”, “bisexual”, or others are very familiar to our ears. We have a set definition of each word. Along with that, we can use these categories to identify and label individuals that meet these set definitions in our mind. These categories explain what our sexuality of preference is to others through the use of language. People perceive these categories and words as something they truly know as a factor in their identity as an individual. In terms of categorizing concepts, it is natural for the human mind to do so. However, the use of these labels to define individuals is recent in terms of human history. Before the turn of the 20th century, individuals were not used to thinking of sexuality in a way that defined their identity. Sexualities to people of the past were thought of acts that individuals took part in, nothing more or less. Increased public acceptance of sexual expression and discussion caused the up rise of sexologists: doctors “dedicated to unraveling the mysteries of human sexuality and treating sexual dysfunction” . These doctors wanted to use the power of language to differentiate between “normal” practices