JCB: chapter 7 toys/gender, sex and sexuality

This chapter is about the standards our society has set for what kids from both sexes should like. We are all taught from a very young age what to like. From when we are born we’ll be wrapped in either a pink or blue blanket depending on what genitalia we have down there. When we’re toddlers we will be given toys that society has decided is normal for us to play. For boys it is the norm to like the monster trucks, transformers, and army soldiers and girls are supposed to like princesses, ponies and Barbie dolls. This chapter speaks truth to everyone because that’s how we all grew up. We were forced to like these things when we were young. I personally liked to play with hot wheels and army soldiers as a kid but if I grew up in a society that didn’t enforce these norms, there is a possibility that I would have liked different things. This chapter also talks about the difference between gender and sex. Sex are the biological characteristics like genitalia, chromosomes and hormones while gender is more of a social construct that we identify as.