GNDS 120 Lecture : Baby Storm post 1.docx

• School: Queen's University
• Department: Gender Studies
• Course: GNDS 120
• Professor: Melissa Houghtaling

Document Summary

Yet, it is quite possible that the child will not grasp the intention behind the parent"s parental style. Parent"s can be lenient on the implications of gender, but preventing outside worldly influences could be a cause for confusion. In the case of baby storm and his two older brothers, the parents realistically have let the boys design their own identity; against the stereotypical "norms" of boy versus girl ideology. Meanwhile, it is clear that as they progress with age, and the creativity of the boy"s gender becomes more and more apparent, it seems like a constant struggle to maintain. Noticeably in the case of jazz, storm"s older brother, who is pronouncedly a boy by genetics, but confusingly is often mistaken for a girl. While it seems jazz does not mind being mistaken for a princess, he is clearly struggling to differentiate himself from the mislabelling of the wrong sex.