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in recent years there have been new
findings that have radically changed the
way many of us view sexuality and gender
today's youth will have a new and
prejudiced free understanding of these
topics that's great but what about the
rest of us who have completed our formal
education we're already being taught
outdated sex ed programming in the
United States
80% of schools are failing government
standards for sex ed in turn this lack
of education has resulted in the
ignorance and mistreatment of trans and
gender non-conforming individuals let's
take a look at sex gender and
orientation here's a brief look of their
differences what we can change and what
we can't sex sex is what lies between
our legs
it is the physiology we are born with
our sex consists of our biological
makeup which can include things like our
genitals our secondary sex
characteristics our placement of body
hair hip width our hair lines and our
chromosomal makeup as you might know
your chromosomal makeup can determine
sex characteristics that are typical of
males or females the problem with
relying solely on science to determine
someone's gender biology can be tricky
having male or female typical
chromosomes doesn't always lead to the
secondary sex characteristics typical to
that sex people with male typical XY
chromosomal combinations may actually
exhibit female characteristics instead
this contrast between makeup and
characteristics is what many call
intersex intersex individuals often do
not fit typical definitions of male or
female bodies gender gender is a
construct I know we've all heard this
before we hear people say it all the
time but what does it actually mean well
it means gender is what we make it out
to be our genders consist of two things
the first is our gender identity this is
what we think about ourselves and how we
interpret gender the second is our
gender expression ginger expression is
how we demonstrate our gender in our
behaviors mannerisms and forms of dress
gender also consists of the societal
expectations and stereotypes we place on
people we often base these expectations
off of their sex characteristics you may
have heard of some of these typical
stereotypes
pink for girls blue for boys action
figures versus dolls long hair versus
buzz cuts women must be feminine while
men must be masculine this is not to
discredit or disrespect any girly girls
or manly men out there many of us feel
comfortable in our expected genders and
that's perfectly okay but of course
there are a number of people who don't
want to adhere to every norm different
people view and express their gender
differently
there are some people who do not
identify with the gender role the world
has given them and so they identify as
another these are transgender people
there are also people who prefer to have
both or neither of the traditional men
women gender titles these are non-binary
or genderqueer people orientation
orientation is about who we like
orientation is about the sex gender
combination or lack thereof that we are
most attracted to
most people are heterosexual they are
attracted to people of the opposite
gender homosexual people are attracted
to those of the same gender
bisexual people are attracted to people
of both genders some people couldn't
care less about gender to some it's all
about the appeal of masculine or
feminine energy
some people are pansexual this means
that they are capable of falling for
someone regardless of their sex or
gender presentation a lot of people seem
to think this one's a choice but we all
just feel what we feel our urges our
innate and made subconsciously the only
choice anyone has about who they fall
for is the choice to pursue them or not
please remember these definitions are
brief and sexuality is fast and
complicated some of this is obvious to
many of you but considering the
statistics we have on sex education
today a lot of us may benefit from this
information if you'd like to see more on
this topic you can view the full article
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