... it passes through adolescence due to the fact that it lacks a defining gender. X enjoys playing sports, but at the same time, X enjoys playing house too. By using the narrative story structure, Gould is able to mold what she wants the reader to feel about her piece and the theme using words ... girl. As the story develops we the reader uncover much controversy is being raised by neighboring children's parents because their little boy is now playing with dolls like X, or the little girls are now wearing checkered overalls like X. The children's parents decide they want X's true gender unm...

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... to as femininity. Men are masculine because they hunt and fish, while women are feminine because they take care of the house. Men are masculine because they fix the things the women break when they are taking after the house, and women are masculine because they play with the children to distract them from the words the man is uttering when he ... , talkative and caring, loving and lovable part of the species. Young boys play with cars, play war, play fight, and like taking things apart, while girls like to play with dolls, imagine they are somewhere else, like to be social and like to l...

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... or have high contact are a lot of the time overlooked. The local community is also a culprit of sexualizing female athletes. For example, young girls are supposed to play with dolls and play house where they take on maternal roles. If a young girl shows interest in sports she is deemed with the term a "tomboy". The term itself is insulting to females ... ...

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