Gender Identity Issues in Hansen's 'What Real Men Do' and Kantrowitz' 'Life Without Gender'

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RE: GENDER IDENTITY ISSUES
The two articles are addressing the issues related to gender identity issues. In the article “What real men do” by Silas Hansen, the author talks about the socially constructed stereotypes about men. First, society believes that boys and men should not fear anything. In this case, when Hansen was a kid, he tried being happy as a girl but he later learned that people saw him as a man and he, therefore, has to learn to act and behave like a man. He tries not to be afraid of things that are terrifying to him like the outer space as well as darkness. Additionally, the society holds that a man should watch football and it is for this reason that Hansen will spend his weekends in bars watching football together with his friends (Hansen, p. 125). Also, since a man is expected to understand how to solve issues in the house, Hansen tries being like his father who provided solutions to all structural, plumbing and electrical problems. It is for this reason that he struggles to repair a door even when he does not have the required skills.
On the other side, the article “Life without gender?” by Barbara Kantrowitz discusses the issues that are faced by transgender and genderless people. The author points out the case of Norrie May-Welby, a genderless person who has faced numerous challenges trying to fit in society. At birth, Norrie was registered as a male. Later, at the age of twenty-three, May-Welby started using female hormones and also received surgery to be converted to a woman (Kantrowitz, p.2). Now, Norrie no longer takes the hormones and is better identified as being genderless.
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