Journal #1

This chapter of “Gender Stories and introduction” by Dan P. McAdams, Ruthellen Josselson, & Amia Lieblich, Identity and Story shows us how important it is to be informed and explore different points of view. While reading, I got to understand that gender is a very deep topic, a topic that never ends and that everyone has an opinion on. When we speak about gender, the first thing we think is the concept of the word “Predictable”, it is all about a woman or a man. Since a baby is born, depending on their gender in some places we get to appreciate how their own family plans their future. They never stop and think about what that boy or girl would like while growing up. It is better today that if it’s a boy it could be a baseball player and if it’s a girl a model, rather than think about letting them chose their own path. Moreover, when is about the word gender, we can think big, since that single word can encompass so many things and among them; an example is diversity, ” Regardless of what you think about gender, and gender roles, your own experience shows you that there are many gender stories with many different plot lines being lived all around you.” (2) This quote shows that the opinions at the end do not matter as long as you feel comfortable with yourself because people will always have something to say. Also, when Kate Bornstein says that there is still doubts about “Such thing as a real man or a real woman” (5) gender should be more about how that person consider itself than how that person was born if it does not feels right for them. I ended up realizing I have so much in common than what I realize I had, I’ve never thought about how will my friend think or feel the one who likes women, or my friend who likes men? will they feel comfortable in their own body? How do you face your day to day with the opinions of the people around you? gender does have different impacts in each person.