The way in which people perceive human sexuality can vary, based on who, what and when the topic is being taken into consideration. When I was just a small, insignificant, 18 week old embryo, my gender and sex was already being determined. By the time I was born, I had a pink filled nursery with lots of flowers and hello kitty. I had dresses and skirts in every shade of pink, magenta, and violet that existed. If you can not tell yet, I am a female. The way that someone is raised has a lot to do with their actions and general role in their gender and sex. For example a girl that has been raised in a self sufficient, small, third world country might be raised to wear very conservative clothes and keep covered at all times, while in America, we …show more content…
The morals, values and beliefs are enforced mostly by parents and even a lack of morals or values taught by parents will still result in some sort of direct correlation to gender role. The role that parents provide their children is undoubtedly what that child will understand unless they choose to think outside the box. When I was a child, I was always taught to sit up straight and cross my legs to be ladylike. Therefore, I find it natural to believe that being lady like means correct posture, even though a woman in another family could be taught that belching loudly is a “girl” thing to do, my family would disagree. Every person varies in gender role and the smallest details may be overlooked, but in reality, nearly everything has to do with sexuality, from makeup, career, cologne, hairstyles, and even what side of the shirt that buttons are on. To put it simply, sexuality is something that will be scientifically defined and it has a constantly changing definition according to different generations, and upbringings. While parenting has a large role in gender and sex, the media is an undeniably strong force of