Gender identity is the physical and behavioral traits that are designated by a culture as masculine or feminine. ... Barry explains the stupid behavioral patterns and the masculine characteristics that are linked to being a manly man and how not all males can be expected to uphold these characteristics (915). ...
Likewise, the gender category man (that is, the so-called "masculine" gender automatically assigned to members of the male sex) carries with it a very different set of expectations about how to act, what to do and who to love: Men are assumed to be more active and dominant than women, and are seen to be rational, objective individuals. ... Gender is very much about how people perceive us, and our behaviour (personality, identity and self-expression) determines how we will be "perceived." ... The "world" categorizes people into six basic categories, apart from those who represent deviations of ...
One would need to look back to the time of Shakespeare to try and see the different view of gender identity. ... Cahn takes a slightly different look at gender identity in his book. ... However, he does say that (Cahn, p.651): " the combination of masculine boldness and feminine sensitivity that makes her [Rosalind] so alluring to Orlando." So even in a "romantic" look at the play the double gender identity of Rosalind still pushes through. ... In concluding this essay I would suggest that Shakespeare's vision of gender identity is a challenge to ones own. ...
But later on in their life they may change their sexual orientation from masculine to feminine or vice versa. ... And just like Sandra did, I too decided to follow my own identity and not the standards of my culture or the ones that society has set in place. ...
