My Experiences with the Female Gender

In terms of my gender, there are just a small amount of things that I feel I should do in order to feel sane. For one thing, I can agree that I have very long legs for a girl. I have been complimented on them and got asked if I play a sport such as volleyball. However, I don't play a sport at all. This leads to the stereotype of if you look a certain way such as being skinny or only slightly muscular in some places, you must play a sport. I think about my body image and expectations from others. I do enjoy my skinny and tall figure, and I feel more pressured on myself than by others to make sure my body stays that way. I want to impress people by the way I look. I wear clothing that shows off these long legs of mine, such as skirts and dresses. Some girls that I know express their jealousy to me of not having such a figure as mine. However, I encourage them to try and to love themselves the best they can, because it just simply does not matter for the fact that with age, my body will be different from what it is right now.

Also, I have had an occurrence when I was out at the JcPenney shop finding some clothes with my mother. I was in the men's section, and I happened to find a really cute sweater. I piped up to my mother, who then tells me, "but honey, that's a men's sweater." I then say, "I really don't care." She went silent after that. I'm not trying to say my mother is a bad person for saying that: I feel like she might have been saying that because of the sizing differences between men's and women's clothing. It seems as if from today's society that girls should not be allowed to wear guy's clothing. It can be seen as a certain look if a girl were to wear guy's clothing, and I feel as if the act should not be judged. Some people feel comfortable wearing clothes that are specified for another gender, and they should embrace it as long as they are comfortable.

A guy and girl initially in clothes specified for their own gender, then swaps for the opposite's clothes.