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\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 Like many people who come from immigrants or ancestry of displaced people I have struggled with how I identify. It became increasingly harder in recent years when I moved back to the continental United States. When people ask who I am and where I come from I never have a straight answer. I always say, \u201cIt\u2019s complicated.\u201d It makes it easier than going through the long jumbled up history that is my life. Until recently I didn\u2019t really think of my identity as anything important. I never had the words to describe myself so I just didn\u2019t. The reading \u201cIdentity\u00a0 Terms\u201d was very informative. Although these are not all the terms people use to identify themselves with, there are still so many of them. You never really think of all of them until you see them written down.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0The theory I chose was \u201csex-marking\u201d. This was by far the most interesting theory I read. In all honesty, I had to read it a few times to understand and even after I did that it still struck me as a bit ridiculous. However, I do believe the statement made is extremely relevant in today’s climate. \u201c<\/span>If I am writing a book review, the use of personal pronouns to refer to the author creates the need to know whether that person\u2019s reproductive cells are the sort which produce ova or the sort which produce sperm\u201d (Frye 1983: 22). In a time when everyone is very sensitive and in tune with their gender, sexuality, and identity it is careless to reduce a preference of pronouns to just their cellular function. It is not new however, I see it all the time. People make statements that refer to gender identity as strictly biological. Just recently JK Rowling referred to trans male to females as \u2018people who menstruate\u2019. It is demeaning to undermine someone\u2019s identity to what it has very very very little to do with.<\/span><\/p>\n

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