Personal Narrative: My Gender Identity

First, I describe my gender identity as a female, because I was born a female, and have no problem being who God created me to be. I love being a woman and do not see myself as being masculine or feminine. I am me, with my personalilty. If I had to pick a gender identity based on the textbook my gender identity would be androgynous. It is sad that if a child or adults has the personality traits such as ambitious, competitive, and self-sufficient they're categorized as being masculine. This way of thinking is a put down to females who are considered as being feminine; just because you are a female does not mean you should not or can not be ambitious, competitive, and self-sufficient. The opposite is also true; you can be a male, be affectionate,
cheerful, soft-spoken, and still be masculine. I believe society has created gender identity crisis by considering some traits as masculine vs. feminine. Maybe on some levels this is why certain individual are dealing with an identity crisis. If a little boy or adult male are more affectionate and soft spoken than what society thinks they should be than they are labeled feminine. If a little girl or adult female shows qualities pertaining to the category of what society call masculine than the females are said to be acting like a man. I believe how society has viewed masculinity and femininity has caused some males and females to thinks that something was wrong with them and has caused them to have identity issues.