When reading the article “sex and gender 101” it’s obvious that sex, the anatomic that we are born with, and gender are completely two different overlapping developments. We take sex, and to some if not most a penis indicates the gender of man and vagina the gender of woman. If we are completely honest, we are groomed into the roles of which a penis and vagina imply. When I was born, seeing pictures of my nursery pastel pink, and “girly” and my brother who is a year younger than me, blue and “masculine”. As toddlers, we took ice skating lessons. Mine figure skating and my brother’s hockey. I wanted to play hockey but because I was a girl my father wouldn’t let me. We grow up with that being the role we take on. Then that turns into the way society treats us as individuals. It’s actually sad if you think of the opportunities, one has missed due to society forcing gender by sex. Perhaps if I played hockey, life could have taken a different direction. I guess we cannot get caught up in the what if’s. 

Bell Hooks delivers the message that feminism is for everybody and does bring up the division of sex and gender and the issues it causes. Feminism is the fight for sexism, oppression, humanity, and equality. This is where the gender teachings bring no help in the fight against these matters. I liked the snapshot carmen chose, showing a Budweiser ad from the 1960’s. On the left is portrays a man was out hard at work and the women was home keeping the house clean, having dinner ready and pouring her man a Budweiser to unwind after a hard day. On the right we have a woman alone, with take out food and pouring herself a Budweiser to unwind. It’s crazy to believe there was such a time that woman on the right would be looked down upon and women on the left is what was supposed to be. I feel even though we’ve come a very long way, women are still plagued with the questions of not having a husband, a child, why they are career driven. That’s why we need feminism and education on the limits of gender roles and the difference of anatomy at such a young age. Hopefully our world will begin to change if we could fight for the education from the beginning to make a difference in the end.