Is one's gender identity innate or socialized? Does this couple's attempt to prevent a gender label have any impact on this child's gender identity? Click on link and read.
Parents finally reveal Child's Gender after 5 years
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932126165 If you wait to reveal a gender, then how long would it take for the birth certificate to go through? Is there a placeholder certificate until the child decides it's gender? A baby needs to have a name to refer to, should all names be gender neutral now?
ReplyDelete932126165 Looking at my response I realize I was very inquisitive but it doesn't explain the right answer. The answer is that gender identity is "innate", you can teach a kid all you want to be a girl but they could still "feel" like a boy, there is no amount to change that. The Bruce Brenda David situation explains that.
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ReplyDeleteA person’s gender identity is mostly innate. Gender identity is how a person perceives themselves or, in other words, it is a feeling- whether a person feels like a boy or feels like a girl. Therefore, this couple’s attempt to prevent a gender label should not have much of an impact on the child’s gender identity because the child’s gender identity was pretty much set from the time the child was born. However, it may make the child feel more comfortable in being open about his gender identity.
As I stated above, a person's gender identity is innate. Therefore, the couple's attempt to hide the kid's gender will have no impact on his gender identity. They are doing this in order to protect the child from gender stereotypes, which makes sense and can be respected. On the other hand, doing this could be harmful for the child as well and can open the kid up to social rejection and bullying.
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ReplyDeleteI think that kids nowadays and people as well have a certain way and gender idea that people should be when they are born. For instance, if a child is born a boy society makes it as if he has to be what they say or think it should be as if it is right and the child does not know any other way. So I think that ones gender is sort of innate and socialized. The couple had made their own decision on how to raise their child and not pressure them into being something or someone they're not. The couple may have wanted to protect their child and yes it may have an impact on their lives as well as their kid. This generation has looked down on and frowned upon anyone who has changed gender or identities because "that's not how they were born" or "God only made two genders', boy or girl". I believe that people should go with what they are more comfortable with. One may not like their body or like the way their body changes as they grow up and they may come to the conclusion that the identity that they were labeled does not suit them. A persons gender should not be determined by society.
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DeleteI believe that it is innate, because no amount of pressure fro others or no amount of objects of boy's or girl's things to the kid will make a difference. There is no impact that will change the kid's mind. It is all about how they (the kid) feels, not everyone else.
900891014: Gender is considered innate. When you are born you are either a boy or girl. But in this era of time it seems that as you grow older, your gender becomes socialized. The child of this couple may be impacted by the fact that they don’t know “who” or “what” they are. In the picture it looks like a little boy who is playing drew up. In this era if we see a little boy playing dress up, he may get made fun of, which can also have a huge impact on him. As the child grows older, they may have a harder time making friends or finding out who they are or what they want to do in life.
ReplyDelete900891014: As I stated before, gender is innate. If someone feels like a boy, you cannot teach them to be a girl and vice versa. Because the parents waited to reveal the gender, the child did not have to deal with the gender specific stereotypes.
Delete957666703: Yes, I believe their attempt may have a large impact on the childs identity. Mostly because, if they are treating their child as the opposite gender from what the child actual gender is, then the child will believe they are that gender and act like that gender and expected to be treated as such. Lastly, your gender is whatever you are born. If you are born a male or a female, that is your gender. You can receive all transformations you want but you will never fully be the opposite gender.
ReplyDeleteYou can treat you child and view them as the opposite sex of what they really are but, they're still their sex they were born with.
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Deleteyou have to explain how and why that is the right answer so I know you know why and how it is the right answer.
Delete998194042 I am a firm believer that one's gender identity is innate. Your gender is defined at birth when you come out of the womb. If you want to get more specific, your gender is actually identified when you're still inside of the womb after so many weeks of being pregnant. Your gender is either male or female- there is no in-between or switching because it's not what you want. In this case, I feel that the parents decision will have a huge impact on this child, not only emotionally and physically, but mentally too. This child has gone 5 years without having a gender label. In my personal opinion, I believe that this child will have a lot of confusion as to who the child really is. At age 5, chances are you're already picking up that everyone is different and some people are girls and some are boys. I believe that a lot of damage has been done to this child and it is going to create some controversy not only to the parents and people surrounding them, but mostly to the child.
ReplyDeletewow, kudos, you nailed it!
Delete916105999: From what we have covered and from what I have learned, ones gender identity is innate. I say this because of the Bruce/Brenda "As Nature Made Him" story. He was born a man and even though he was raised as a girl and was told he was a girl his entire life, he still felt as though he identified as a man. If gender identity could be socialized, then he would have just went along feeling as though he identified as a girl because thats what he was told. I don't think that this couples attempt to prevent a gender label really has any affect on the child's gender identity based on what I have learned.
ReplyDelete998194042 As I previously mentioned, Gender Identity is innate. The parents decision to hide their child's gender until the age of 5, has no effect.
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