Those who identify as female or male, two genders that are taught certain things and think that we should live that way but we should be able to learn the same things. In the book ” Beyond The Gender Binary” page 27, ” We are taught from a very young age tha; this is how things have always been and this is the only way to live. We are taught that masculinity belongs to men, femininity belongs to women,.” Honestly we shouldn’t have to be living like this but we still see this today. Both genders should be treated equally and not at a point where a female should like certain things or a male. Going back to what I mention at the beginning, I remember my mother telling me about growing up that if people saw men cooking it would be an embarrassment for them because that’s something they shouldn’t do and that it’s only consider for women to do. Now imagine what those people have said that’s when you know society needed a change. Society hasn’t change at least to me because of how both female and male are still being treated. While I was reading the book “Beyond The Gender Binary” a part that stood out to me was when it was talking about how were doing the same thing for the next generation. On page 31, “We do the same thing to the next generation that was done for us. We divide billions of people into one of two categories and tell them that this is way thing’s are.” This is where we know that after each generation were still dealing with same issue. Gender can affect us in many ways and some are by the way we understand what gender is to us or the experience. When it comes to female and male I think about how both genders should be treated equally because everything would be different and in a good way such as making decisions, learning, behavior and the opportunities we both would have.