Like Allena mentioned in her snapshot I too have heard people talk about raising their child without gender until they are old enough to tell them themselves. But it’s one thing to say it and another to do it. I feel like the big problem isn’t what gender your child choose to identify as but the expectations society put on those genders. As a parent how you raise your child and what you teach them have a major influence on who they grow up to be. As I mentioned in my snapshot, gender role wasn’t a thing in my household because my mother taught me and my brother differently. With that being said I didn’t go by what society think is right from wrong. I practiced what I knew and was used to as I got older. Which is how I plan to raise my kids by educating them and encouraging them to embrace who they are and not who society wants them to be. For example, “In America, boys are taught and expected to be tough, risk-taking, rowdy, athletic, strong, aggressive, rugged, handsome, not emotional, messy, loud, heterosexual studs, uninterested in domestic chores and care-taking.” (Myers, 2018) This is the American society idea of a boy and how he is supposed to behave. But that doesn’t have to be who your child become. Parents play a big role in who their child turns out to be from what you teach them and what they practice. Just because something is out the norm doesn’t make it wrong which is one of the biggest problems with todays society. This plays a part in feminism as well. Which is why women fight so hard for equality. The moment a woman chooses to do something that is a “man’s thing” she’s looked down on because “Girls are taught and expected to be soft, submissive, cautious, delicate, graceful, prissy, pretty, weak, passive, emotional, tidy, quiet, heterosexual prudes, interested in domestic chores and care-taking, romantic, disinterested in sports and cars with zero career aspirations and apparently have an insatiable interest in princesses and the color pink.” (Myers, 2018). It’s time to break out of this norm and time for parents to educate their kids on these topics so when their older they understand the principles of things. While reading Feminism Is for Everybody Bell Hooks said something that stuck with me. She brought up how “There was indeed a great deal of anti-male sentiment among early feminist activists who were responding to male domination with anger. It was that anger at injustice that was the impetus for cre- ating a women’s liberation movement.” This showed that although feminist activist was fighting for equality against women and men. They shouldn’t tear down men to get that equality. Neither should they be responding to their domination with anger. The same respect they hope for is the same respect that should be given. This was a life lesson as well because it showed that no matter how angry something makes you that you still have to hold your composure.