“Sex and Gender 101” shows the reader the differences between specific terms regarding gender, and sexual orientation. Reading the article, I learned about these terms which helped me understand their meaning. More importantly, differentiating each word aided in my understanding of the cultures around us, including my own. For instance, the difference in sexual chromosome variations like XX/XY Chromosomes and 46 (XX/XY) intersex chromosomes. This helped me understand that some people at birth have differences in chromosomes which leads to their gender assignment. Also, there are some people that are born with both types of chromosome variations which could change over time. In other words, the chromosomes play a role in truly understanding a person’s gender but as a result of culture and life experiences, they may be free to change their gender. Moving toward culture, males, and females may possibly follow certain stereotypes. Being a Hispanic woman, it is common for males to be looked upon as the head of the household, providing for the family, and taking an authority-like position. On the other hand, females in my Hispanic culture are looked upon as responsible for taking care of their household and raising their children. Generational traditions may alter over time like gender identities due to a rise in education regarding their capabilities to achieve power. For instance, women in Hispanic culture in today’s time can choose to work jobs and provide for their families and raise their kids at the same time. Also, Hispanic men learn to coexist with women in power positions in government, law, and business. As mentioned before, these changes in culture happen as a result of education. Moving back to the topic of gender identity, changes in culture and a rise in education can help people have a clearer understanding of who they are based on their gender, sexual orientation, identity, and more! The article educated me on these topics which can expand our ways of thinking.

In “FEMINIST POLITICS Where We Stand” talks about the misunderstanding of feminism. Moreover, 3 concepts this chapter talks about are how women can be sexist as well, fitting feminism in its correct term, and female freedom getting misunderstood and having to get that back. To add on sexism, in general, is placed in wrong misleading directions like how it states, at the beginning, of this chapter “all sexist thinking and action is the problem, whether those who perpetuate it are female or male, child or adult.“ One has to really understand sexism to understand feminism because you can’t judge based on other’s points of view or how they word things how in the article it shows how people think feminism is just women who want to be equal to men just that when it’s not just that they’re is more than just simple ways people try to express this term. Another thing this article talks about is how women are also sexist not only men if they believe they are superior to others because of the economic power they have they don’t agree or try to fight with the women who was to be treated equally as men because of where they’re placed in life not having to worry about anything. We also got to read those female politics are losing their way of embracing feminism and we as the ones reading this should remind them of the real reasons and get them back on fighting for our freedoms and rights. Personal experience, I grew up in a household where women and men are equal when it comes to making money doing chores, and life decisions. To exemplify, I was raised by a single mother who had 2 sons and 2 daughters she lived in a household where men were superior to female and females were known as useless and only worked for being housewives, she didn’t want us growing up in that environment so she made everything equal and making us all independent on making our own choices no matter what others say because we all can do it as she did. So as men, my brothers understood how women should be respected and treated equally.