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Biological Sex - College Essays

Biological Sex

Amy Bahlbi
September 17, 2012
SOC212
Mon-Wed 1:00-2:15

Everyone on this earth has a biological sex -- whether we are female, male, or intersex. Our gender is our social and legal status as men or women. And sexual orientation is the term used to describe whether a person feels sexual desire for people of the other gender, same gender, or even both genders.
All of us has a gender and gender identity. Our gender identity is our deepest feelings about our gender. We express our gender identity in the way that we act masculine, feminine, neither, or both. Some of us are transgender -- which means that our biological sex and our gender identity do not match up. Each of us also has a ...

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to know how society really views sex and gender -- including homophobia, sexism, and transphobia.
Some of the things that really surprised me during this chapter were the age and how young some of the people being interviewed were. Even after watching the interviews, I'm still shocked about that. Usually kids that age can't make their minds up about anything, deciding on what they want to eat, to if they want to wear shoes or not. But seeing those kids telling everyone that they don't feel comfortable in their own body and that they want to be the opposite sex amazes me.
Another thing that surprised me was how supportive the families were about the decision these kids were making. Growing up, my parents were extremely strict and didn't allow me to do anything that I wanted to do. Which was understandable for a little while, but even when I wanted something so bad, they still wouldn't give in. They weren't the supportive type either. They always wanted me to do whatever made ...

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