Instead of asking if the baby has all its toes and is generally healthy, the mother wants to know the baby's sex immediately. With this in mind, they raise them to act as their gender should. It made me think about how my culture and family influence my gender identity. I grew up wearing pink dresses and playing with Barbie dolls. But I would also stray from my expected gender roles. For a long time, between five and ten years old, I ran without a shirt. But then came the time when my parents said I should stop doing this because I'm a girl. Girls are expected to behave like civilized women. My father doesn't like it when I use profanity and tells me that women shouldn't swear. I questioned him asking why he can tell me how I should act, but I can't really tell him how to act? He was surprised by my argument and said I made a valid point. I questioned the stereotypical views that men impose