In the essay “Feminist Politics Where We Stand” people have many different idea of what feminism is such as gender equality, freedom to have abortions, rape, domestic violence, equal pay, and equality in a workplace. In my experience coming from a hispanic household there is high amount of people that believe in a machismo way of life. This way of life brings on men dominating their wives, women having to serve for their husbands, women having to take care of children, and husbands choosing the life they want for their wives. As a Latina women, I have seen women being criticized on whether or not they cook for their husband, if they go out with friends, or if they have a job that requires long nights, this is all seen as negative. Before reading the article, I had a clear understanding that feminism is the way women fight for their right to make their own decisions with their body, mind and person to this day. The type of sexual organs you have does not define whether or not you are a value to society or should be seen as someone less then. Gender equality is also a big form of what feminism really is, wanting to be seen as equal to men. In the reading “Gender 101” helps explain the difference between sex and gender and the different details that goes into determining. Before reading the article, I believed that gender is the way someone wants to be seen or referred to as, and sex is made up of your chromosomes at birth and your sexual organs. I now see that both sex and gender are much more complex and very different. Sex of a person is the genetic makeup of their chromosomes such as XX for female, XY for male, and intersex. Sex is the appearance of the external genitalia which can be changed with surgery, hormonal supplements, and suppressants for puberty. Gender is seen as changeable within the groups of gender assignment, gender expression, and gender identity. This brings in the idea of LGBTQ+ which lets people choose how they want to be seen and perceived by others and that is gender identity. Gender expression has to do with the way people style their hair, dress and their makeup.