\| Ibarra Josue Ibarra Professor Corti Diteh English 113A, 30 September 2105 Parenti Gender Gender is one of the most controversial topics in American Society. individuals could say -thaf our Society has a set of instructions that must be applied into gender, The name of this instructions are called gender roles. Gender roles are sets of norms that help determine types of \ behaviors that are acceptable or appropriate for a person based on their perceived biological sex, 2 Sex is referred to their genitalia, Gender is the state of being male or femle when referring gender socially, Gender roles help determine the characteristics of masculinity and Femininity. tn ‘my personal experience, my mother parented me fo become a young boy based on my gender. I had t learn and behave acceptable-tor society. In other words, becoming a “real man” and being the Ieaderin my family or ole mode. Judith Lorber states in he ate gender eonsrtion is based on children’s genitalia, The baby is then dressed according to their sex category. Gender construction is a process because gender was not assign at first. Aaron Devor states in his article, ‘that an individual must attain gender codes for they could guide themselves through society.“ ‘Those gender codes are started through parenting gendering- Individuals organize their lives based on society's demands. In American society, gender construction is a process started by parents in order to establish their gender identity and become members of society. Gender construction starts at birth according to Judith Lorber. In Lorber's article, “Night to His Day: The Social Construction of Gender.” she inppfies that “For the individual, gender construction starts with assignment to a sex category on the basis of what the genitalia look likeoe barra Gene ee ern because they do not want people to confuse the babies’ identity. Ifa baby girl is wearing a blue \\(\ color shirt and a baseball cap, people might think that the babies’ identity is male. Society is building on this idea, It is a reason why parents dress their babies based on their sex. Sex category isthe start of gender statuses because parents name, dress, and use other gender makers. This is a process called parent gendering. Once children establish their gender identity, they star to believe themselves as members of their gender when children start to talk. Children sometimes: respond by behaving and feeling differently. In Aaron Devor’s article, “Becoming Members of Society: The Social Meaning of Gender,” he states that “Children start to understand themselves as individuals separate from others during the years that they first acquire gender identities and gender roles” (37). Devor explains that children start to understand the way society sees them and respond to them as particular people. Both articles are similar because once a child idemtifid3 their gender, they tart to separate themselves when acquiring gender roles. yoy!" \)) oe } Children acquire values from society around them almost diseriminately because children understand how they must behave in society. This type of problem happens when children first acquire gender identities and gender roles. This problem also occurs in the process of parenting Lorber saw a gendering, Lorber referred back to an experience she had when “doing gene father holding a baby. She noticed that the baby was a boy because he was wearing a dark colored shirt and dark pants. The father made it seem more obvious when he put on a Yankee hat on the baby's head. Many individuals see sports as a manly thing. Lorber noticed tiny earrings and flowered sneakers, soit was a girl after all. Gendered roles are changing because we have fathers taking care of children. Society sees child care as a women’s job. There are children who ‘wear unisex clothing like a boy wearing girl shirts or girls wearing men sneakers. The realbarra vw) AV question is, why is it important to separate a boy and a girl? Individuals live in American society ‘The first step is parenting gendering because there are parents that want to avoid confusion when. identifying the baby’s sex. It is a reason why children acquire values from society discriminately because they must behave the way society expects them to. When a girls play with boy toys, girls are often referred to “tomboys.” When boys play with gitl toys or wear feminine clothes, they are often discriminated. Parents want to avoid this type of problems and their children. This process continues as children become adults. When do you hardly ever seen a male sectary? It possible for men to become sectaries, but most men avoid it due to all the discrimination. Society's idea —, otteconinementen ote Zo (020% 2 a fore“ fy Gender construction is an important process in finding gender identity. Parenting 7), ‘gendering is the first process, but interacting with society can also be a step in gender é = constuction. Lorber ast, "Chen's relationships withthe same gendered and different ors SLeminer gendered caretakers structure thee slf'idntfcations and personaliis,"(28) Lorber implies) 55 that social interaction is really important in shaping ones identity because someone learns from the values of others. They think is the correct way to behave in society. For example, a young, \e man tends to have femininity attributes, he will be “striving for cooperation and the well-being of \\" : WU people. Another way of looking at this is, caring for people rights is considered being feminist, but American society avoids having the same relationship. Masculinjty must show a form of fe power and aggression, Experts say, “Gender role characteristics reflect the ideological contentious underlying the dominant gender schema in North Ameri i Society.” (Devor 43). Devor implies that schema in North America have males as aggressive and dominant over females. Both articles have an common idea on how “gender roles are the result of systematicpower imbalances based on gender discrimination,” (Devor 43). Societf’s idea of men having power over women. ‘After reading Lorber and Devor essays, I started to wonder about my process of gender \ ‘identity. | had grown up ina different society, my gender would have been different or the }. |). same. Lalso think about my parenting gendering process because itis the start of gender )) > constructiod. Lorber states, "Gender construction starts with assignment to a sex category on the \ / basis of what the genitalia look like at birth” (20), This is the way parents start to dress their \ babies based on their sex category. If my mother didn’t follow this, I probably be dressed with clothes doesn't mean anything, but American itl colors a a kid, Of course, wearing femi t society doesn’t agree. My mother dressed me based on my sex category and I found my gender y identity at an early age. I started to leam my gender roles and what was expected from me in my. society. Ihave many of the characteristics that describe masculinity, but there is alittle bit of feminine. I didn’t noticed until my early years in high schoo! because I do believe in equal rights. YF} Everyone has the right to do or say something. There are a couple of people that might think I am not straight. Iam not the only one who thinks like me because there are men that are straight and have feminine characteristics. There are women that tend fo have masculine characteristics and X tend to be straight as well. It is society's way of believes that is constructed on gender roles and \ gender identities. Parent gendering isthe first process of gender construction. Parent's early decisions, affect children in finding their gender identity. Also, the way children interact with other people, \\ ‘ Our solution to avoid discrimination based on gender roles is to not categorize children. Parents \ should have a variety of options for their kids. Gender construction is a process that children go)tearras, through in order to find their gender identity. The only outcome that could happen in the future is pitted dyn r being confused. They cannot fir ir identity and cannot fit in society. Works Cited Lorber Judith, “Night to His Day: The Social Construction of Gender John F. 0° Hara. Composing Gender; A Bradford Spotlight Reader. Boston: Ed. Bedford) ‘St. Martin’s, 2014. Print, Devor Aaron. “Becoming Members of Society: The Social Meanings of Gender.” Groner / Rachael, and John F, O° Hara. Composing Gender: A Bradford Spotlight Reader. Boston, Ed, Bedford! St, Martin’s, 2014, Print,[resonosoAelpnment [To par enn tia |The pr pods OTS hppa pnd oe staat fe [Ecommartinaeph,|ascgnment acay,_losgyntspeccalyané lesen and erie liye bate Pe luminary [ine step stoldconety fea exing Me ope|roupiyeming Rete aatyses be ope andthe [tepcanibe tice [egret ewes novel pongtané diel. tenes _ Jess o aero TE RESEOET TE ie wesSIs mE wo Them MEA Hier [soe hen “Te ent oagt owing We [niga Ris uraned fasta conlenty— [peer Tere dito [tae hong he fon in ances ren outtcontsna atuned arte (content cua he formant fear mcr inane ftacchou anny foray ‘mesa. 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