From the readings these week, I learnt that gender is who we are that is socially created by the characteristics of being a man or a woman, referring to the roles that each gender plays.  There are three types of genders: gender expression, gender assignment and gender identity. Gender is not just about who we are, how our bodies are, it also related to what society think the gender role should play.

People feel it is easier if there is a label so that they would use gender to label a baby since there is nothing they can talk about. Once they know the gender of the babies, they can come up with other labels very quick—for example, pink clothes for baby girl, blue or green clothes for baby boy. Barbie for girls, cars for boys. In many places, they are comfortable for these concept and stereotypes. If you tell them that is a concept and human beings can choose which gender that they think is more close to the real selves, that would be a difficult idea for them to receive since they get used to these stereotypes for many years.