30 September 2015
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based on their gender and sex. Ee often mistake sex and gender to mean the same
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biological and physiological traits. Gender refers to behaviors, roles, and actions. Sex
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determined by biology, however it does not correspond with their gender.
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dark blue T-shirt and pants, At first, she thought it was a boy, but once she noticed the }
baby had pierced ears and wore flowered sneakers, she realized the child was actually a /
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FO argue that, “There is no way that six billion people can be categorized into two groups
(Kantowitz 71).” Most people do not realize that there are cultures with more than two
genders. For example, in India, there is a group of people who refer to themselves as
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/hijra, biological males who dress as women, but do not consider themselves either
oo ‘Campuses such as Penn, Harvard, and Michigan offer gender-neutral housing and
unisex bathrooms. For someone to be gender-neutral is completely different than for
someone to be asexual. Asexual means the person is not interested in having sex with ¢
‘other people. Gender-neutral does not follow the roles and expectations socially
constructed by society. In reality, there is no right or wrong answer on how a person.
é chooses to define him or herself. However, in American society, those who do not “do
‘gender” are considered a non-conformist.
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‘but she assured me that she is raising me to act more “lady-like”. I knew it was for good
intentions, but I felt she did not accept me. Sometimes I felt disappointed because I was
not being the ideal daughter she had in mind.
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people is never an okay thing to do, Nobody should be in control of another person’ life;
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