A Gender less Child

The responsibility of raising a child holds a great amount responsibility. A parent makes pivotal decisions in molding a child’s future and makes pivotal decisions.

Raising a child in a genderless environment in my opinion hinders the development of a child. Parents play a pivotal part in the socialization process of their kids; most parents make the first decision to help their child fit into their gender role.  I think children cannot fully make that decision on their own because they do not completely understand the gender roles.  I further think it is difficult to create a gender environment without any bias. I am sure the child will be influenced by the gender roles displayed by their parents. The concept in whole is confusing and difficult. The parents say they want to raise their child genderless because it is “A tribute of freedom in a place of limitation.” In a way I believe they are limiting their child in a whole different way.

I do not believe that individuals have to fit into their gender roles and fully believe that people can make their own decision on what gender they want to identify with. For a child I think it is a bit overwhelming, it is hard to figure out who you are at 3; I barely know the full extinct of myself at 19. Letting your child aimlessly wonder without an idea of a gender is a disadvantage and can obstruct the way a child grows up.  A child needs to know the basic roles of gender so they can readily identify.  

Privilege

Privilege is having some sort of advantage over others because of some asset a person possesses. Being a young black male I have seen privilege work both ways.  Though people do not always want to admit people still highly consider race, gender and socioeconomic status when interacting with others.  

Once again being a black male I have been denied privilege and have received privilege. Sometimes receiving privilege is not always a beneficial thing obtaining privilege can receive a large amount of backlash. For example last year when I applied for an INTRO leader position I received a bunch of hate from my peers. They said you already have an advantage because you’re black and if you get the job it’s only because they need diversity. Then when I received the position they reassured me my race secured me my position. They would not mention my prior leadership skills or any other factors that I have that could have possibly gotten me the job. One of my friends even said yeah it’s not like they hire freshman anyway, it’s definitely because of your race, when seven freshmen were hired along with me.  When I do receive privilege most of it comes with a great amount of judgment from others mostly the majority rather than the minority. 

It is human nature to hold some sort of preconceived judgment about others but when trying to educate a diverse group of students.  As teacher I think it is important not to display a large amount of favoritism toward a student or a group of students.  This can cause a divide in the class and conflict between students.  It is easy to gravitate towards one student in a class but once you start to show that student special favor you a granting him opportunities that cannot be offered to others. Making sure the  playing field is even for students is a must.