In both articles “Sex & Gender 101” by Kyl Myers and “Feminist Politics: Where We Stand” by Bell Hooks, gave me a better understanding of what gender identity, intersex, and hormones mean by breaking them down. Myers talks about society and cultural norms, the meaning of what gender is versus the reality breakdown of gender assignment, gender identity, and gender expression into categories. It went more in depth with how a person’s “gender expression can change over time”. Anyone can identify as whatever they want to and choose their own adventures.

From reading this article I learned, although we are assigned a male or female identity, any gender identity can be attracted to any sexual orientation. In “Sex & Gender 101”, Myers explains to the audience that there’s a difference between sex and gender. Meyers gives a deep broken down understanding of sex, referring to the anatomy and physiology. Before reading this text, I truly believed that gender was male and female, but later I got a very good understanding of how gender expression changes overtime.

When I first heard the word feminist, I thought it meant women’s equality because of how society made it seem. Some men made the feminist movement seem like it’s against men. After Reading the article “Feminist Politics: Where We Stand” by Bell Hooks. I now understand that feminism is a “movement to end sexism, sexist exploitation, and oppression.” Hooks’ definition of feminism is great because she didn’t bash any specific group of people. She just explained we need to end sexism and gain equality. Both of these texts educated me on the realities of gender, sex, and feminism.