Week 8 Gender

I am a female and therefore fall in the female gender category. I would say that I am attached to my assigned gender because I follow many of the gender rules for females. I wear "girl" clothes, I wear makeup, I pluck my eyebrows, I shave my legs, and so on. These are some of the simple actions that help solidify my gender so that there are never any doubts as to what gender I am. Apart from doing these things I do also do some things that are not considered "lady-like". For examples I have always loved climbing fences and jumping off swings. These usually actions associated with boys. Also I tend to talk like a guy, which means that I speak pretty bluntly. (So I have been told.) Although I wear "girl" clothes I wear all types. I will not always be in a dress or skirt, I will most likely be in jeans and a t-shirt and converse.

There are advantages and disadvantages to being a male or female. In addition the advantages could be described as disadvantages and the disadvantages could be described as advantages. For example one of the advantages of being a female is that people tend to be kinder towards you, they open doors for you, they have more sympathy for you, and there is always that rule, "ladies first". Some of these can be seen as advantages but they can also be seen as disadvantages. They can be seen as numerous ways that woman are treated like delicate creatures rather than the independent people they are, just like men.

One of the biggest disadvantages of being a female is having to be aware of your surroundings all the time. In general everyone should be aware of there surroundings, but females must be extra careful because they tend to be victims of violent crimes more often than males. Therefore if I were born a male the biggest difference to my life would be that I probably would not feel as scared walking to my car at night or going anywhere alone.