He / She / They

Gender roles are not natural; They aren't acknowledged (by most people) as a social construct, but they are. Traditionally, when someone is born, their body parts determine what gender they are and, therefore, how they will be treated in society. This is not natural and we, humans, have accepted this as normal. Your body parts determine your anatomical sex, not your gender. It is hoped that one day an individual can identify as a boy, girl or neither, despite what genetelia they were born with. To this day, unfortunately, gender is still something that is assigned to us at birth. And in western culture, if someone does not subscribe to their assigned gender role, they are often alienated by the rest of society. Gender reveal parties, for example, push the idea that gender will define who that child is. But I urge you to think about how much of who we are or who we will become, is actually habitual? Do girls really like the color pink better than the color blue? Are men really better at math than women? Can men really not wear skirts? Because in Scotland, it is not anything out of the ordinary to see a man in a skirt. Gender roles are a product of society. And the way(s) in which we do or do not conform to these roles, are a result of what society has taught or instilled into us.