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Transgender Identity Research Paper

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Transgender identities disrupt fixed notions of sex and gender by not fitting within the traditional binary. Our culture perceives these notions as rigid and set, and by not fitting in with these ideas, transgender identities question the binary and the fluidity of sex and gender. I think backlash to this questioning arises because this binary train of thought is instilled in us from birth. Babies are dressed in pink or blue. There are “boy toys”, such as cars and action figures, and “girl toys” such as dolls and kitchen sets. “Boys will be boys”, and “girls aren’t physically aggressive”. We train children to follow gender stereotypes and then go on to claim that these differences are biological.

Dominant notions of masculinity and femininity
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