The photo of a blue man and pink woman with a question mark in between reflects my thinking at the young age of 4; I was confused. I specifically remember a brief moment where I questioned my gender identity. On a cold dark morning, as I was standing by the warm, cozy heater in our living room I asked my mother a question: “am I a boy?”. I don’t remember her exact answer, yet I'm sure she assured me that I was indeed a girl. Although always felt like a girl and was drawn to feminine products I feared I wasn’t a girl. Looking back, this was because I didn’t know the anatomical differences between boys and girls.
The image I chose for this event is a diagram of the male and female anatomy. This relates to my experience because when I was 5 years …show more content…
When I was younger, I loved barbies, baby dolls, and other “girly” toys, but I also loved building blocks, legos, and I really enjoyed playing video games on my Nintendo 64. She never made me feel weird for playing with “boy” toys. Due to this, I was briefly confused. I didn't understand that girls could play with boy toys and still be a girl. Once I realized that didn't dictate gender. Once I learned the different genitalia, that females have vaginas and males had penises, the fear that I wasn’t actually a girl …show more content…
I heard words being tossed around like gay and lesbian and began to wonder what they meant. Later, I found out that they meant an individual likes the same gender; boys like boys, and girls like girls. I became concerned that maybe I was gay. I thought other girls were pretty, did this mean I was lesbian? Those kind of thoughts went through my head, but of course, I was younger, I didn't have the capacity to know that thinking those things doesn't make me gay. As I grew older it was very apparent that I was attracted to the opposite sex, males. I'm very comfortable with my sexuality and don't have a problem showing affection to other girls not
The image I chose for this event is a diagram of the male and female anatomy. This relates to my experience because when I was 5 years …show more content…
When I was younger, I loved barbies, baby dolls, and other “girly” toys, but I also loved building blocks, legos, and I really enjoyed playing video games on my Nintendo 64. She never made me feel weird for playing with “boy” toys. Due to this, I was briefly confused. I didn't understand that girls could play with boy toys and still be a girl. Once I realized that didn't dictate gender. Once I learned the different genitalia, that females have vaginas and males had penises, the fear that I wasn’t actually a girl …show more content…
I heard words being tossed around like gay and lesbian and began to wonder what they meant. Later, I found out that they meant an individual likes the same gender; boys like boys, and girls like girls. I became concerned that maybe I was gay. I thought other girls were pretty, did this mean I was lesbian? Those kind of thoughts went through my head, but of course, I was younger, I didn't have the capacity to know that thinking those things doesn't make me gay. As I grew older it was very apparent that I was attracted to the opposite sex, males. I'm very comfortable with my sexuality and don't have a problem showing affection to other girls not