Essays on Gender identity

Whether Americans realize it or not, pop culture has a large influence on how members of society view diversity. The songs they listen to, movies they watch, and their favorite television shows all portray different messages that can alter their perspectives. The song “It Pulls Me Under” written and performed by artist Butterfly Boucher, epitomizes…

Is One Rodman Enough?In todays world everybody has his or her own view of what makes a male masculine and a female feminine. If a male were to possess some traits that would be known as feminine, he would be seen as a homosexual. Likewise, if a female were to possess some traits that would…

In the field of gender studies, an issue that has recently become quite controversial, is the debate over when a child establishes their own sense of gender identity. John Money argues that both nature and nurture, together, play a role in establishing one’s gender. Money is completely correct; there is not one specific instance in…

Consumer researchers have been examining the impact of gender identity—the degree to which an individual identifies with masculine and feminine personality traits—on various consumer variables for nearly four decades. However, significant gender identity findings in consumer research have been rare, perhaps because of (1) operationalization problems (Palan, Kiecker, and Areni 1999), (2) inappropriate interpretation and…

You just won the World Championship in the women’s 800 meter race, beating your competitors by 2. 45 seconds; all of a sudden your competitors are demanding that tests be done to confirm that you are in fact a woman. You are being ridiculed, sexually harassed and teased by people all over the world about…

Nature vs. Nurture: Where Do We Draw the Line? The argument over nature vs. nurture has continued to torture society by presenting cases in which we simply don’t know which rules to apply. One of these cases is sex change. Sex change is a very big step to take in a person’s life and it…

Undoing Gender: A Response             Judith Butler’s Undoing Gender takes on the challenge of understanding the social norms that construct and undo their very subjects at the same time. By refusing to adhere to the freedom and autonomy of individuals, Butler is able to portray the boundaries and complex possibilities of living in a world…

The Fluidity of Gender: My Reaction to “The All-Girl’s Football Team”     My first experience with gender differences occurred when I was seven years old. Saturday mornings were always reserved for chores: cleaning, grocery shopping, mowing the lawn and doing laundry. My parents would delegate the work and take on any chores that we couldn’t…

Gender SocializationSociology 100Before a newborn child takes his or her first breath of life outside the mothers womb, he or she is distinguishable and characterized by gender. A baby is born and the doctor looks at the proud parents or parent and says three simple words: Its a boy, or Its a girl The baby…

 History of the Transgender Movement in North AmericaThe transgender movement has often been considered as having its start in modern or more recent times.  However, there were even transgender individuals in the Bible and during Biblical times.  The transgender movement has always been a part of American culture and those who were transgender have played…