I would use the Genderbread Person Version 4 to explain gender to another person. I chose this one because of how simplistic it is in my opinion. I think if I were to explain this to a 5 year old using this diagram they would easily get it. Same goes for anyone who isn’t willingly ignorant. The visual was very helpful. Identity being connected to the brain expresses what a person thinks they are. Expression connected to the whole person shows how they present themselves to the public. Attraction to the heart clearly demonstrates who that person chooses to sexually connect with or be in love with. And lastly sex which is pretty straight forward shows what a person is biologically born with. All these charts are very well detailed and helpful. However, the genderbread person chart is visual and someone who sees it can easily plug in their own things to help identify themselves and others.
My race, nationality, and education are groups from my own diagram that influences me as a person and how I view the world. Being a black woman is one of the biggest things that defines me. I strive for the best because of this. As a black woman I try to work as hard as possible in order to get what little reward society has to offer us. My biggest value as a black woman is equality and inclusion. I wish to be treated equally as my peers. I also want to be included in the conversation and have better representation in society.
I was born in Jamaica therefore I am an immigrant. My biggest value as an immigrant is opportunity. This is the biggest reason why my family has migrated to the United States. In Jamaica at the time we left there weren’t a lot of options for my family to grow successful. This is why up here I try to take advantage of any resources that have come my way. Which leads to my third influence which is my education. Attending college is really the key for me to be successful and make my family proud. Despite all the obstacles that have come my way I am determined to graduate from college.
My education is definitely a value that can get in the way of my communication with other groups. I am privileged in this way. An example of this is that I get to take a Gender and Communications class where I can educate myself on certain topics and get rid of any ignorant views I could possibly have but people who aren’t educated or have access to something such as I did resulting in negative communication. Being an immigrant is also something that negatively interferes with my ability to communicate with other groups. I feel like as an immigrant we are often portrayed negatively and looked down upon compared to the people who were born here.
