While reading the article, we learned about the ideas of gender and sex. Researchers use the theories to refine where the different perspectives on sexual orientation derive from. The three theories are biological, psychological, and critical/cultural; the first theory being biological involves the distinction between both men and women are direct inherent and hormonal differences. The society we reside in has specific expectations that are put in place when regarding how genders should act or ultimately behave, who decided what expectations that were put in place should be considered the “standard” of our society and be deemed normal. Everyone should be allowed to freely express themselves and explore their own identity, at the end of the day it is their own self that they are getting to know in life and that should not be anyone else’s concern but that person.
I found myself questioning a number of things and mainly why we focus so much of our attention on other opinions regarding gender and who we want to be; as well as the psychological perspective of how gender is viewed. The psychological perspective which is a crucial point is that gender identity is not actually set at birth and is developed through youth. Gender will always be under pressure due to the constant expectations that society has on them and of course, the expectations that society wants us to meet can not always happen because you don’t choose gender but are who the person is and wants to be and what they truly feel like.
As anthropoids, we need to become more aware of how our own arbitration, impacts other identities. Outer influences of a bystander should not define the person(s) persona but, from within that person.
