Is It Strange For A Guy To Wear A Dress Summary

Final Paper The idea of gender roles and expectations has been instilled in society’s minds for as long as we can remember. Society as a whole tells us that if you are born a certain sex you have to act and dress how the stereotypical male dresses or how the stereotypical female dresses. But what if you’re intersex? In the book Orlando, when he switches from being a boy to a girl, he realizes the hardships and restrictions of being a woman during his time period. Orlando is not too happy about the gender roles he has to coincide by while he was a female. In the article “Is It Really That Strange For a Guy to Wear a Dress?” by Miles Robbins explains how the gender expectation is that guys should not wear dresses and if they do they automatically identify as the opposite gender or are judge. Society has put this label that guys should not wear dresses and girls should not dress like a tomboy. Also, in the article “My Daughter Is Not Transgender. She’s a Tomboy.” by Lisa Selin Davis tells us how her daughter dresses like
And if they want to wear a dress it does not mean that they identify as the opposite gender or are gay. He says that, “I am not LGBTQ, but I do identify with the concept of allowing yourself to be interested in the things that you are interested in, despite what the external influence of the world around you encourages you to pursue.” He is saying how you should not follow all of society’s norms and stereotypes because only you know what you like and are interested in. He makes a good point about how he does not enjoy watching football and he likes really small animals and baking. Which are supposed to be “feminine” things but, he goes on to say that non of those interests makes him LGBTQ and he can identify however he wants. He does not let society put a label on him because of the things he is interested